Mythic version of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 5546 The Incident
Chen Xi's words are very casual, and Chen Xi is indeed relatively weak in this regard, but no matter who is in charge, it is impossible to take Chen Xi's opinion as a reference.

Even if Chen Xi's opinion is full of weakness, Li You, Liu Ye and others must consider Chen Xi's feelings when dealing with it. It's really annoying, and Chen Xi's pick is a big deal for all of them. trouble.

"Nanpi's development is actually quite good." Although Liu Bei said that he came for Sun Yong, the prefect of Bohai Sea, after seeing the people coming and going at the entrance of Nanpi City and the large number of carriages transporting various materials, Liu Bei is still in a good mood.

"Of course, Nanpi was well built when Ju Gong and Shang were still alive, and I came here in person." Chen Xi recalled that he played chess with Ju Shou at the head of Nanpi City. Both died for many years.

"Let's go, let's see what Sun Yong wants to do." Liu Bei couldn't help shaking his head when he recalled the beginning. Chen Xi took advantage of the chaos to suppress Nanpi in northern Jizhou. conflict.

The Zhen family was also overwhelmed by Chen Xi at that time. It can be said that it was the starting point of dominance. Now that I think about it, time really flies. In the blink of an eye, more than ten years have passed.

The gate of Nanpi City is no different from when Chen Xicai came here. There were still a few gatekeepers standing there to collect city tax, which can be considered as a considerable part of the income of local counties. But if I remember correctly, Chen Xi has gradually Things like the city gate tax were abolished in the county government.

The prosperity of trade and commerce can replace this thing to a certain extent, and the city gate tax is really unfriendly to the people who go to work in the city. If you earn [-] Wen a day, you have to pay [-] Wen to [-] Wen. Isn't Wen's city gate tax cheating?

As for the saying that the city gate tax is only paid by merchants with large items, just listen to it. Now that the city gate tax has started to be collected, cards have been set up, and people passing by can collect it conveniently. Let alone ancient times, modern times belong to A very normal situation.

Therefore, even if some local officials suggested at that time that the common people who worked in the county could enter the county with a certificate and not charge city gate tax, Chen Xi also decisively began to abolish this thing. You all said that in the county Migrant workers can not be charged with proof, isn't it obvious that they were charged in the past?What else is there to say, the mandatory abolition of this tax.

"The city gate tax is still being collected." Chen Xi looked at this scene and said with some regret.

"I remember you asked that it be abolished this year, right?" Liu Bei asked suddenly.

"Last year's court meeting proposed that it should be abolished this year. In principle, state and county governments can no longer continue this tax." Chen Xi nodded.

"No one cares about this?" Liu Bei frowned.

"It's not that no one cares about it, it's just that the old practice has not been completely resolved." Chen Xi thought for a while and explained, "But if there is still a city gate tax by the end of the year, then someone should take care of it, not now. Someone's watching this."

The frame continued to go inside. Because of the city gate tax, the speed of entering the city was not fast. It took a while to queue up to Liu Bei and Chen Xi. At this time, Liu Bei's guard, an experienced veteran, was driving the car.

"Large frame, thirty yuan." The soldiers guarding the city gate didn't even intend to check, just took a look, and then directly gave a price.

Although this price is a bit high, it was not too much when the city gate tax was collected. The guards paid directly and prepared to enter the city.

"I'm talking about the frame." After Liu Bei's guards paid for the money and were about to leave, the guards stopped the frame directly. "Get out of the car for inspection. One person will be taxed at the gate of the city."

Chen Xi scratched his head and didn't dare to look at Liu Bei's expression. He guessed that Liu Bei was really angry at this time. The city gate tax for one person was as high as four coins. In Liu Bei's words, you might want to die.

"What's the matter?" The guards of Nanpi City saw that the guards driving the car looked ugly, and some of them didn't want to pay, so they immediately surrounded them. The six guards looked like they wanted to take advantage.

City gate officer itself is a lucrative job. As long as you have good eyesight, find good targets, and blackmail some people, no one cares about it. It is also because of this that Chen Xi wants to abolish such things as city gate taxes. The kind of money that cannot be verified can only rely on personal morality, and personal morality is not reliable most of the time.

"Isn't the city gate tax already abolished?" Chen Xi didn't stop him, Liu Bei got off the carriage directly and stood in front of the soldier collecting the city gate tax, asking indifferently.

"It was abolished at the end of the year, and we have to pay it now, at least we in Nanpi have to pay it until the end of the year." The soldiers who collected the tax vaguely surrounded Liu Bei. It is impossible to send it without any eyesight.

"Who sets the four papers for one person?" Liu Bei was also unambiguous, "I remember that the city gate tax is not levied on ordinary people in principle. How can it reach the level of four papers for one person?"

In a big city like Nanpi, tens of thousands of people come and go every day, what does four fen once mean, it's like scraping the land, is it crazy?

The soldiers guarding the city were overwhelmed by Liu Bei's aura. Although Liu Bei was a benevolent man, when he was really angry, he was just like a lion, very scary.

"Go and call your city gate officials over here." Liu Bei said directly to the city guards with a black face, his vicious aura directly made the city guards flustered
Liu Bei didn't know these soldiers, and he didn't have any impression of them. This is unreasonable. According to Liu Bei's ability to control the army, it's normal to not know the soldiers when he meets them. But a group of people don't even have an impression, which is too outrageous. So Liu Bei directly asked these guys to go to their bosses.

Liu Bei still didn't believe that he didn't even know the city gate officer, who was clearly appointed by the retired team. If he didn't know him, Liu Bei turned his head and didn't go into the city, and just led the troops from Leling. This means that Nanpi's traces belonging to Liu Bei have been disposed of.

Chen Xi didn't realize this aspect of the problem, because Chen Xi didn't know these soldiers himself, and he still doesn't know them now, so he didn't find it strange, but Liu Bei was different, Liu Bei could not know, but Liu Bei shouldn't have no impression.

Not long after Liu Bei was blocked at the gate of the city, the city gate officer came. Liu Bei looked at the city gate officer, a little strange. At that moment, Liu Bei's face was as black as the bottom of a pot. Official, that is also an official.

According to the regulations, the city gate officials in a big city like Nanpi were assigned by the centurion after he retired from the army, and the centurion was not Liu Beichui. Liu Bei knew every centurion in the Han Dynasty.

It can be said that except for the newly added centurions under the command of the three princes, Liu Bei knows each of the other centurions. This is the basis for Liu Bei to rule the country.

However, Liu Bei barely had an impression of this city gate official. After a while, he met someone, and the city gate officer on the opposite side was walking in a hurry, but he felt his legs go weak as he walked. Liu Bei knew him or not. , he doesn't know, but he knows Liu Bei.

"Sun Chang, come here!" Liu Bei yelled angrily at his master after a while, and directly yelled at Sun Chang, who was dawdling with weak legs and didn't want to come over. The belt crawled directly over.

Liu Bei only had some impressions of this person, because when another centurion was discharged from the army, he saw Sun Chang next to him.

"I have met the Taiwei, the Taiwei is healthy." Sun Chang knelt on the ground and saluted Liu Bei.

"Get up, what's the matter with Nanpi? Why is the city gate tax so high?" Liu Bei looked at Sun Chang and asked directly. When a group of people heard Sun Chang calling Taiwei, they all knew who was here. Onlookers, some rushed to run, in short, there was chaos at the gate of the city.

"This was decided by the county guard. He said that we in Nanpi will rebuild the Yellow River Ferry next year, but now we are short of a large sum of money. The city gate tax will be abolished soon, and we will collect another sum at the end." Sun Chang hurriedly said what he knew. speak out.

"Is the Yellow River Ferry built locally?" Liu Bei looked at Chen Xi and asked.

"The plan should be for this year. Chang'an will send professionals to repair it next year, and the local government will not be responsible for it. On the one hand, it is the technical team, and on the other hand, if it is repaired by the local government, the local government always likes to charge some money for crossing the bridge." Chen Xi said. He replied blankly.

At this time, Sun Chang buried his head very low, not daring to say a word.

"Who was your former city gate officer?" Liu Bei asked Sun Chang, "I remember you returned to Nanpi with Ding Quan. According to his meritorious service, Ding Quan should be the city gate officer."

Sun Chang nodded repeatedly and explained, "Brother Ding came back as the city gate official. He served for three or four years, but the year before last, when he went fishing for big carp in the Yellow River, he encountered an undercurrent and capsized. Only one of the three people who accompanied him escaped. .”

"Have someone call out the man who escaped, and how many veterans Nanpi has died over the years." Liu Bei obviously looked calm, but even the nervous Chen Xi could feel the calmness under that calmness. anger.

"I'll call right away." Sun Chang wanted to run, but was held down by Liu Bei, so he had to ask others to call the guy who capsized and survived.

"How many veterans have died in Nanpi in the past few years." Liu Bei pressed Sun Chang's expression, and asked the previous question again, but Sun Chang opened his mouth. He couldn't answer this question, because he really didn't pay attention to it before.

It's just that when Liu Bei brought it up, Sun Chang recalled it, his face turned blue, and not paying attention doesn't mean it doesn't exist. If it exists, there must be traces, just like now.

　The author seems to be getting up later and later

　
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