Three Kingdoms: Stealing the Tiger Talisman and forcing Yuan Shao to become a monk

Chapter 207 Where does the military salary come from?
What Gao Lan was worried about was actually very simple.

It's nothing more than the current severe drought in the Central Plains, which means that food and grass are no longer available.

As the saying goes, food is the most important thing for the people. When there is no food for the people, other prices will follow. In the end, the money is worthless, the people are exhausted, and the tax revenue does not come up.

There is no tax, and now Xuzhou is isolated from Hebei, so the military salary will naturally not come out.

But the food and grass issue in Xuzhou, in Yuan Tan's view, is a joke.

Is there really no food in Xuzhou?
It's not wrong to say that there is no food, after all, the people have fled to Hebei, and if they say there is food, they are really lying with their eyes open.

Can you say that Xuzhou really has no food?
So what happened to the [-] stones of food and grass that Yu Jin brought back after circling around Xuzhou City with three thousand cavalry?

What is the concept of [-] stones?
A soldier's food for a month is only one stone.

Thirty thousand stone grains are enough to feed an army of ten thousand people for three full months!
As long as these big households are willing to contribute, Xuzhou's current predicament will be easily solved!

You know, in troubled times, food is hard currency!

As long as there is food, there is no shortage of money!
Hearing Yuan Tan's words, Gao Lan was taken aback for a moment, but after he figured out the deep meaning of Yuan Tan's words, he was shocked!
"The major general wants to attack the family?"

Gao Lan's voice trembled a little.

It's not that Gao Lan is timid, but that the aristocratic families of this era are not as easy to deal with as people in later generations imagined.

To be honest, the aristocratic families in the late Eastern Han Dynasty were basically just like the princes in a strict sense.

Private soldiers, armaments, food, gold and silver, everything that should be there, the family has everything, the only thing that is missing is the big flag.

And what the princes don't have, the aristocratic family also has!

What is missing here is the hearts of the people!
That's right, don't think it's a joke to say that aristocratic families have popular support. In fact, in the late Han Dynasty and even throughout ancient China, the concept of popular support was a joke.

Rather than talking about the hearts of the people, it is better to say that it is the "heart of scholars"!
This is why, the princes can attack each other, but if any prince starts to attack the family under his rule, the reason why people all over the world will resist!
The power of the emperor does not go to the countryside, and the power of the princes does not go to the countryside either!

The common people in the head of Guizhou don't know whether the princes in power are good or bad. They only know what the big households who manage their own fields and collect their own rents say.

If the big households say yes, then the princes will definitely be fine.

If the big households say it is bad, then the princes must be bad!

And where did the big players say it came from?

Naturally, it is according to the big families of the big families, the big families!
When the aristocratic family speaks with one voice and launches an attack on the princes along the way, no matter how powerful the princes are, they will be overthrown in an instant!

The most typical example is Boss Cao Cao.

Originally won the Yanzhou basic market, and received the Qingzhou Yellow Turban, the situation is very good.

Just because he killed a local celebrity, even Chen Gong, who first followed him to start a family, turned against him and directly welcomed Lu Bu into Yanzhou.

There is almost no way out for Boss Cao's life and death.

So when Yuan Tan revealed that he was going to take action from the local aristocratic family, Gao Lan immediately wanted to persuade him.

But seeing Yuan Tan's expression that seemed to be a smile but not a smile, Gao Lan fell silent.

Seeing that Gao Lan was silent, Yuan Tan smiled and said proactively:

"Brother Gao is worried, I will repeat the mistakes of that thief Cao?"

Seeing Yuan Tan take the initiative to speak, Gao Lan sighed, clasped his fists and said:
"It's not that the last general doesn't trust the major general. It's really a big deal. Xuzhou is newly restored. Right now, it's time to win over the hearts of local scholars and families. If the major general follows the story of Yu Jin, the last general will only be against the major general. As for the lord, the strategy to pacify the Central Plains will be hindered."

Hearing Gao Lan's words, Yuan Tan laughed and said:

"Brother Gao is worthy of being a famous general in Hebei for being able to say this. However, Brother Gao, don't worry. Although Xuzhou is big, we don't need much trouble to get the powerful family to support us."

Like Yu Jin, attacking wealthy families in the countryside does not seem to do much harm.

After all, the wealthy family is not a family, after all, they are still the children of the poor family. In layman's terms, they just have a few bad money.

In essence, in the eyes of scholars in the Han Dynasty, they were still a bunch of mud legs, and if they were dealt with, they would be dealt with.

But what about the facts?

As the saying goes, beating a dog also depends on the owner!

Yu Jin wanted to collect food and grass, but you dared not deal with the aristocratic family, but you attacked the rich family in the countryside. It seems that you can do neither.

But in fact, it exposed the inner cowardice of Yu Jin and even Cao Cao, who just accepted the immediate benefits.

But in the long run, it will only fuel the family's arrogance!

At that time, after Yu Jin took care of a wealthy family, he attracted the wealthy families in Xuzhou to unite, entangle Xiangyong, and block Yu Jin's way forward. This is the best proof!

Therefore, although Yuan Tan said that he wanted to imitate Yu Jin's story.

But he will not be as cowardly as Yu Jin. If he wants to stand up, he will naturally choose the biggest chicken to stand up.

Only in this way can we establish prestige in Xuzhou in the shortest possible time!
As for, will it hurt the hearts of scholars?
Yuan Tan moved his gaze upwards, looked over the training camp, and looked at the other end of Xuzhou City.

There is the direction of the Chen Mansion.

Yuan Tan doesn't mind hurting the hearts of scholars. In fact, this so-called public opinion has never been taken seriously by Yuan Tan from the beginning to the end!

Just like Cao Cao in the official history!
When was the Jiupin Zhongzheng system proposed, and when was it vigorously implemented?
It wasn't until the death of Boss Cao Cao that this system that completely released the power of the family monster was really implemented by Wei Guo!
If Cao Cao is still there, then Chen Qun, or the family behind Chen Qun, who really has the guts to blatantly assign ranks to the world?
After all, in this era, what we look at is the knife and the power in our hands!

And Yuan Tan's greatest confidence lies in the more than [-] soldiers who are in full swing in the training camp at this moment, led by Che Zhou, to start training!

The biggest shield of the family is the so-called fame!

Therefore, in order to deal with the Chen family, Yuan Tan sent people to start preparations after taking down Xuzhou.

……

"To be filial and honest, to live away from father, to be a scholar, but not to know books..."

Inside the prefect's mansion, Yuan Tan lightly patted the stack of papers full of handwriting that he had just received in his hand, and the corners of his mouth slightly curled up, revealing a mocking smile.

"If the Chen family is knowledgeable, then hello, hello, everyone, but if the Chen family is not, hehe..."

Behind Yuan Tan, Yuan Lang looked at the young master with a smile on his face and felt a cold air running up his spine.

Others don't know, but Yuan Lang, who is in charge of this work, doesn't know.

On this stack of papers, all the records are about the wealthy families in the countryside of Xuzhou, and there are even records of cases in the Chen family manor that oppressed tenants and killed domestic slaves, etc.!
(End of this chapter)