"It was called Dasiong during the Han Dynasty."

"In the early years of this dynasty, it was renamed Xihe."

"Then it was changed to Nayan again. What's the point?"

Every time I come to Nayan Mansion, the fifth reunion can't help but want to complain. In the new dynasty, what should we do to make everyone from officials to the people feel incredible and inconvenient?

The answer is to change the name. If not, then change it twice.

Pain and troubles belong to the officials and the people, and happiness belongs only to the emperor and Wang Mang.

Although the title has been changed twice, the nature of the work of the Nayan Office has not changed, and they are all managing money.

The imperial court's finances had three main sources: rent, tax, and tax. Rent refers to land rent, cereals and drafts collection. The previous dynasty was thirty rent, and one rent, and the current dynasty was eleven rent. Fu refers to various taxes, which were collected by people or households, and the form was currency. A few days ago, the people who forced the people of Liewei County to sell grain were counted and tutored.

The fifth reunion came to Chang'an this time, and he was in charge of the two plans of renting and taxes in the county and delivered the words to the emperor.

The "Nayanshi" who was responsible for receiving him was exactly the old friend of Geng Chun, a native of Julu.

"It's really a long time since I saw Bo Yu."

Geng Chun was very happy to see the fifth reunion. After driving the servant out, he didn't look at the plan he handed over, and sat in the same seat first and started chatting about gossip.

"Jing Sunqing wrote a letter the day before yesterday."

"I also received one." Di Lun smiled and said, "He did a good job as the Prime Minister of Gude in Shuodi County (Shanggu County), and he received many praises. He also said that thanks to Boshan, what is the relationship? Tell me quickly."

When there was no outsider, Geng Chun was not as good as an official. Hu Zuo raised his feet and said, "Didn't I tell Bo Yu before? Geng, a relative of Maoling, is my family."

"During the reign of Emperor Wu of Han in the previous dynasty, a branch of Geng clan from Julu migrated to Maoling. It has been more than a hundred years since then. Geng Kuang has first served as a rank and then made a transfer of the Shuolian leader, which happened to be Jing Sunqing's boss."

"I went to my letter to Brother Zong to recommend Sun Qing. He was already talented and naturally stood out and was valued. I'm afraid he won't be promoted for a long time when he was Prince Gude."

Wu Lun smiled and said, "The Grand Tutor Xi Zhongjing and Sun Qing were brothers of the same clan, but they were unwilling to help him, thanks to Boshan's help. As the poem says, even though they have brothers, they are not as good as friends."

Geng Chun didn't take it seriously and said, "I have a clan nephew named Geng Yan (yǎn). He is only sixteen years old and is also a young talent. Unfortunately, he followed his father to transfer to the county. If he returns to Guanzhong, he must introduce him to meet Bo Yu!"

After talking about his friend's recent situation, the fifth reun urged Geng Chun to quickly take over his plan, and asked with concern: "Boshan, hurry up and have a good news. Should there be any additional taxes in the Nayan Office this year?"

Theoretically, according to the number of people who collect the head, the tuition is paid only once a year, but there are special cases. The main purpose of the tuition is to serve as military expenses and provide expenses for armor, soldiers, chariots and horses. If there are several military formations and insufficient national use, the tuition will often increase.

Most of the time, the "renewal tax" was added, which was that adult men who did not go to serve the border guards to pay the surrogate service fee. By the end of the former Han Dynasty, the treasury was becoming increasingly empty. Even if there was no war, the collection of renewal tax was a regular system, and even disabled people like "renewal" could not be spared.

What's even more ruthless is to "extort taxes with orders". According to the law "Jinbu Lingjia", when wars occur in border counties, the court can ask the world to pay them a total of money. Generally, a certain proportion of taxes will be collected according to the total number of household property. It does not require that it must be money, and food can be paid on behalf of others.

There is a reason for the concern of the fifth reunion: "I heard that in the third year of Tianfeng (16 AD), the general of Pingman attacked Jucheng (junction of Yunnan and Guangxi), and the court increased the taxes to the Yizhou Governor's Ministry, and the taxes were collected and the people were wealth-gathered for five."

As a result, the battle has not been won, because it was midsummer and six or seven out of ten soldiers died due to the plague.

"So the following year, the emperor sent General Lian Dan, Gengshi, to recruit the Longyou cavalry, and 100,000 soldiers from all counties in Bashu as soldiers, plus 100,000 civilians responsible for the transportation of food and fodder, and 200,000 people."

"Although there was a small victory at the beginning, the war lasted for a long time, and the military food was not connected, and the soldiers were hungry and plagued. General Gengshi asked the court for food and fodder, so he increased the tax again. This time, he directly recruited four-tenths of the wealth of the people of the tyrants in Yizhou counties!"

This is too cruel. Nearly half of the property is used as military expenses, making the people of Yizhou lose money.

The fifth contends darkly that those robberies that were forced to rob are probably not all used for military expenses, and they have also been paid to officials of all sizes. Now this battle has lasted for two years, and I don’t know what the outcome will be.

Yizhou was exhausted and could no longer squeeze out any oil. If you want to maintain the war, the court had to increase the tax from Guanzhong. This was just a knife to cut the flesh, and the fifth reunion felt distressed, not to mention the poor peasants who had already sold their food at a low price and had difficulty living by selling low food. The small peasant economy was too fragile, and any violent concession would force them to bankruptcy.

Geng Chun looked strange and did not answer. He just stood up to close the door of Xun, and then whispered to Di Wulun: "Boyu is so worried. There is a rumor from the south. Let me tell you."

Wu Lun immediately cheered up, but when he finished listening to Geng Chun's speech, he was shocked.

"There are rumors that General Gengshi Lian Dan was afraid of the emperor's blame, so he wanted to kill the nearby barbarians and lied about military merits. As a result, Dongcan, Ruodou, and the two tribes of Ruodou, raised an army to resist, captured the county city, and killed the county emperor. The north side of Jizhi County (Yuezhi County) Damu was unable to be recruited and killed the officials, and he also rebelled!"

This is not just the Jucheng Kingdom, but also the two counties and three divisions have rebelled, and the entire Nanzhong area is in ruins.

The fifth reunion seemed to be able to see that the stars in Kanto had not yet begun, but the frontier was already filled with smoke!

"Now it is said that General Gengshi has been transferred back, and the emperor has sent Guo Xing, the Grand Marshal's guard, to quell the rebellion."

"We will continue to fight this battle in the South Central?"

"I have to fight!"

Geng Chun couldn't understand why the emperor was so paranoid. The two years ago, the Great Yin of Du (Guanghan) wrote a letter to advise, believing that the southwest Yi had been rebelling for ten years, the roads in the south were blocked, and the miasma was densely populated. No matter how many people were sent in, they would suffer heavy losses. Even if the Jucheng Kingdom was defeated, it would not be worth the loss. It should be changed to suppression to pacification, summoning and luring the Yi chiefs to end the war.

But Wang Mang refused to listen and thought that this was a weak appeasement, so he gave up his official position, and the consequences of this disaster are caused.

Because the central Chinese Dynasty could not subdue a small tribe, Wang Mang probably couldn't stand it, so this battle turned into "Sanzhengju Town" when the general was replaced.

After learning this inside story, Di Wulun suddenly realized: "It is precisely because of this that Wujunguan will still lower the grain prices and purchase Guanzhong grain in the case of a disaster in Guandong! Could it be that it is to prepare for the three battles?"

"Yes," Geng Chun said: "Now that Yizhou has lost all its wealth, the barbarians in various counties are restless, and the households and the people of the whole family are quite dissatisfied. If they want to increase their taxes, they will probably incite civil unrest."

"The court is obsessed with it and still wants to fight again. I am afraid that the taxes will be added in Guanzhong. It is better for Boyu to make plans early and leave more money and grain at home for later use."

The fifth reunion nodded, which was also the reason why he immediately exchanged it for food as soon as he made money, and then invested it in the charity warehouse and improved production tools.

In Xinmang, any attempt to make money and save money is a wedding dress for the court. Once wars occur frequently, paying military taxes based on family wealth will be enough to waste your profits in ten years.

The fifth relationship has been understood clearly. In this magical era, the vain human heart is more reliable than real money.

Money and grain will be robbed by the Xinmang court at any time, and there is still no complaint. The goodwill gained by accumulating good deeds and virtues is not easy to be stolen.

When he said goodbye to Geng Chun and left Nayan Mansion, the fifth reunion digested his experiences today and only sighed in his heart: "When later generations mentioned Wang Mang, he said that he usurped the Han Dynasty, but now it seems that Wang Mang is the most hardcore 'huanghan'!"

The sense of superiority as a Chinese nobleman and his heartfelt contempt for the four barbarians can be seen from the name change that Wang Mang is best at.

For example, Tianshui County, Longyou, was renamed Tianrong by Wang Mang.

This is understandable and there are precedents to follow, but he cannot resist being too diligent and changed all the counties and counties around the border.

Ji County in Youzhou was renamed Farong, Beidi County was renamed Weirong, Longxi County was renamed Yanrong County. There was a Didao under Longxi County, which was changed to "Caolu".

Rong was scolded so much that Di did not escape. Yanmen County was changed to Tiandi; Beidi County was changed to Yandi; there was also a small place called Bailang, changed to Qiudi, which showed Wang Mang's deep hatred of Beidi.

The character Hu was not spared, and Wuyao County in Bingzhou was changed to Yanhu, and Pingyi was changed to Pinghu.

The East Yi West Di, the South Barbarians and the North Di, the North West Hu, Di, and Rong were scolded so much that they could not raise their heads, and the southeast was not calm. Langya County, located in Qi, was changed to "Fill the Barbarians" by Wang Mang. Changsha State changed to "Fill the Barbarians", and the South East and West, among the Xia and the outside barbarians, no one could be missing.

This is not a spiritual victory method that can be given up after changing his name. Wang Mang practiced it himself and strictly followed the Zhou rituals and demoted all the foreign vassal kings of the Han Dynasty to marquis. He knew it.

As for these chiefs who were dissatisfied with the new dynasty, Wang Mang's actions were just one word: "War! Those who violated our great newcomer in the bright future will be punished even if they are far away!"

As a result, provocations everywhere in the southeast, southwest and northwest are equivalent to fighting four wars at the same time.

If they can win, it will be a great emperor forever. But the embarrassing thing is that the new army is like the national football team. No matter who they face, they will be defeated repeatedly, and the tradition of fighting against the Five Barbarians is gone.

After losing the Western Regions and ruining the Southern Central, the Western Qiang was in danger. Yan Youna defeated Goguryeo and won.

The fifth reunion of this matter had also been discussed with Yang Xiong, but Yang Ziyun believed that this was not a matter. The former Han Dynasty also had a feud with the four barbarians, and finally they plowed the courtyard and swept the caves, making the surrounding area invincible.

Sure enough, provoking border provocation is not a crime, but the original sin is the original sin.

The Huns are the only exception.

Yang Xiong also said in his "Letter to Remind the Shanyu Dynasty": "Only Beidi is not the case. It is a strong enemy of China. The three sags are hanging. It is so heavy in the previous life that it is not easy to be light!"

Yang Xiong believed that the Han Wu fought for 40 years in the previous dynasty, but still failed to destroy the Huns. It was not until the time of Han Xuan that he found the best way: the Huns surrendered to the Han Dynasty, restrained themselves, and maintain peace between the north and the south, which was the most cost-effective way to get along.

According to Yang Xiong and Yan You, as long as Wang Mang was not confused enough to start a war with the Huns again, the rest of the world would be affected by small problems, and the size of the Central Plains would be solved sooner or later.

Now that the old Huns Shanyu died, perhaps the envoy sent by the new Shanyu, Wang Zhaojun's son-in-law, Xubudang, can reach a peace agreement with the emperor.

Just as Wu Lun was thinking, he saw a small yellow gate from the palace coming from the gate of Nayan Mansion. As soon as he entered the door, he raised his edict in his hand and read it loudly.

"The emperor's edict!"

"Since the second year of Tianfeng, I have left many Shanyu Jinzhen, and I told her to change her name, calling her the Xiongnu 'Gongnu', and Shanyu said she was 'good at', but the left wise king and thieves were the same."

"Now Wulei is good at dying. My younger brother, Zuoxian, Yu Li, often entered the north to become a bandit. When the border was killed, I was very careful. Therefore, Yu should not be good at doing it."

"The Xubudang, the right marquis of the Xiongnu, was the son-in-law of Ning Hu Yan. He left the subway and returned to his righteousness. He was sincere and surrendered with etiquette. Now I will eliminate him as Xubu, give him seals and ribbons, and send out large troops to support him."

"Doesn't the poem say? I'll attack the siege (xiǎnyǔn), as for Dayuan. Wenwu Jifu, all nations are constitutional! I should send the Grand Sima You, General Dan, General Dan, floated the West River, and broke into the big curtain. He broke into Yan, attacked the royal court, and chased the north, plowed the courtyard and swept the cave, and killed the modern people. He then divided the Gongslave into the fifteen countries, and the clouds swept across the sky, and there was no disaster afterwards!"

He is truly worthy of being Mangzi. His communication is so sarcastic that all the officials in Nayan's mansion, including Nayan Lukuang, to Geng Chun, were shocked.

Even the fifth reunion stopped on the steps and couldn't stop talking for a long time.

This edict summed up in one sentence: "I, Daxin, declare war on the Huns!"

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Chapter completed!