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As the saying goes, "difficult to agree on", this in itself is impossible to reach a consensus.

What's more, the nobles have other worries:

If the management of the people is handed over today, will the military power be handed over tomorrow?

If the military power was handed over, would King Qi of Chu, in order to avoid any worries, take away all the nobles and even find an excuse to kill them all?

This is not a joke, if one is not good, it will "kill the clan", how can it be easy to pass the handle of the knife to someone else?

Not even King Qi of Chu!

After a moment of silence, Zhaoxie clasped his hands and replied:

"Back to the king, I thought that..."

"It may be feasible to solve the worries of the loss of people through reform."

"However, the wealth is uneven and the land occupation is different in different places. Therefore, the subordinates believe that each ethnic group should reform according to the different situation."

"That's the way to go."

All the nobles said yes one after another.

At this moment, Chu Wangqi was choked up... The reform should be a national unified change from top to bottom, and the nobles from all over the country will change themselves, and if they still practice their own methods, then what law is there to change?In the end, isn't it still that the separatists of various ethnic groups cannot be deployed uniformly? !

But Chu Wangqi has nothing to do.

Because what Zhaoxie said is also reasonable. If it is just to solve the problem of the balance of the Qin and Chu systems and bring back the people, it is true that all ethnic groups need to reform themselves. Why do you need Chu Wangqi to participate?

On the other hand, King Qi of Chu had no more than [-] soldiers at this time, which was about the same as the strength of the three major clans, so the weight of his words was much smaller.

Therefore, even though Chu Wang Qi was angry, he did not dare to attack it, and the meeting ended in such a gloomy manner.

This is also one of the reasons why Shen Bing used propaganda warfare instead of sending troops to attack directly.

If you send troops to directly attack...the nobles will be hurt even to the point of exterminating the clan, then the clan will be wiped out anyway, why not try to unite with other clans and even King Qi of Chu?

At that time, King Qi of Chu asked the nobles to hand over management and military power, and they could only agree.

Otherwise, the nobles in the front were wiped out by the Qin army, but Chu Wangqi could hide in the Dongting in the back to watch the battle. If it is not possible, Chu Wangqi can continue to retreat south into the dense forest of Baiyue...

But now, this method of peeling cocoons and boiling frogs in warm water weakens the power of the nobles little by little, and the nobles still have room for relaxation, so they cannot be unified.

But the nobles really reformed after they went back.

Although there is some heartache: the common people used to be the private property of the nobles, and they were serfs, but now they have become farmers, and they only need to pay taxes to own the land.

And the tax rate is the same as that of Qin State, which is one of twelve taxes.

Some nobles, such as the Zhao family, even lowered the tax to [-] yuan.

The nobles were obviously right to do so.

Because it is obvious, or if the law is not changed and the people are not given the same benefits, what is the use of leaving the land if the people run away?Isn't it going to be occupied by the Qin army in the end?

This matter was reported to Shen Bing, and the number of Chu people who came to surrender immediately decreased a lot.

Shen Bing didn't know what was going on at the beginning, and thought that Chu Jun used some method to catch Chu Min.

Until Yang Duanhe walked into his tent with a letter of information...

Yang Duanhe saluted Fusu first, and then said to Shen Bing:

"The state of Chu has begun to reform."

"The Zhao family even lowered the tax rate to [-] taxes."

Then Shen Bing realized that these guys played this trick.

After thinking about it, Shen Bing asked:

"The tax rate of the Zhao family is [-] and [-]...that is, the tax rates are different for each clan?"

Yang Duanhe nodded and said:

"It is indeed different, but the highest tax is only one for twelve."

Hearing this, Shen Bing was relieved.

Fusu felt a little strange when he heard it, and asked:

"Why does the deputy general care about Chu's tax rate?"

Fusu believes that the focus at this time should be how to solve the problem of equal tax rates in Qin and Chu.

Shen Bing explained:

"My lord, the tax rates of each ethnic group are different, that is to say, the nobles of the Chu state have not yet united, so it is still a mess."

Fusu let out an "oh", nodded slightly and felt ashamed inwardly.

This is actually no wonder Fusu, he followed Chun Yuyue since he was a child and only knew how to read and practice calligraphy to learn the teachings of sages. He never analyzed problems like Shen Bing and explored the essence from the surface.

In short, although Fusu’s teachings have principles of governing the country and are even partially correct, they remain in theory rather than practice.

At this time, Fusu served as the supervisor next to Shen Bing, but it was a thorough practice.

Shen Bing also wants to test Fusu, which is also a kind of respect.

He clasped his hands and asked Fusu:

"Young master thinks... how should I solve it."

Fu Su immediately looked dumbfounded.

He is full of benevolence, righteousness and morality, so he will not know what to do in a while.

Frowning and thinking for a while, he replied:

"We may continue to lower the tax rate to recruit Chu people."

Chapter 283 Not falling but rising

Shen Bing turned his gaze to Yang Duanhe.

Yang Duanhe hesitated, and replied:

"My lord's plan may be feasible. In addition to reducing the tax rate, we can also increase the arable land allocated to the people of Chu."

"We occupy quite a lot of Chu land, and it is more than enough to distribute more to the Chu people. However, the Chu army has limited arable land, so this old man thinks that the Chu people will eventually come to surrender to Qin."

Shen Bing understood what Yang Duanhe meant.

Among them, the statement about the area of ​​cultivated land is indeed correct. Huaibei is a large plain. Although the total area is not as large as that of Huainan, the cultivated land is more than that of the entire Huainan...Huainan is especially mountainous in the south of the Yangtze River. The production conditions at this time It is difficult to farm.

So even if they fought a "price war" with the Chu army to fight for land, they would still be able to fight.

But Shen Bing did not agree with this.

Seeing that Shen Bing was silent, Fusu asked:

"The deputy general thinks this plan is wrong?"

Shen Bing did not answer directly, but asked rhetorically:

"Dare to ask my lord, if you are a Chu citizen...will you lower the tax rate and increase the cultivated land in Huaibei again because of this?"

Fusu replied without thinking:

"Having more arable land means more harvest, why not come?"

Yang Duanhe slapped his head, and suddenly realized:

"The old man is confused, but this plan is not feasible."

See Fusu looked at Yang Duanhe with a puzzled expression.

Yang Duan and Gongshou explained:

"My son, the lieutenant general had a similar strategy before."

"The rice pounding water tanker didn't need a fee at the beginning and no one cared about it. After that, the fee gradually increased and the Chu people flocked to it..."

Fusu couldn't help but wonder:

"Why is that?"

Yang Duanhe replied:

"Probably because Chumin would think like this: If the cost will be lower tomorrow, why don't I wait until tomorrow to pound?"

"There will be tomorrow after tomorrow, so I have been waiting."

"On the other hand, if the cost is getting higher day by day, the people of Chu think: If the cost is higher tomorrow, will it cost more to wait until tomorrow? So they compete to come to the pound."

Fusu let out an "oh" and said:

"There are still such claims...but they are reasonable."

This can be said to be a psychological thing, using the method of empathy to analyze their psychology from the position of the people, and then grasp this psychology to formulate the correct plan.

Fusu didn't find these things in the sage books he had read in the past, and felt very fresh for a while.

But after thinking about it, Fusu said again:

"But the struggle between Qin and Chu this time is different from pounding rice."

"Pounding rice is just a competition between us and the people, while the tax rate is a competition between Qin and Chu to compete with the people of Chu."

"If our tax rate is higher than that of Chu State, how can the people of Chu leave their homes and risk their lives to lower it?"

Shen Bing nodded in secret praise, this Fusu is worthy of being a young master, he got into the mood so quickly and asked questions.

The two are indeed somewhat different, and even Yang Duanhe couldn't answer the question Fusu raised.

Shen Bing thought for a while and said:

"The subordinates think that tax reduction is not possible for two reasons."

"First, as the general said, lowering taxes will make Chu people wait instead of coming."

"Because everyone knows that if our army lowers the tax, the Chu army will follow suit, so the people of Chu just need to wait for the tax reduction in Chu with peace of mind."

Fusu and Yang Duanhe nodded again and again, they already understood this.

"Secondly, our Great Qin Dynasty is governed by the Legalists, just like the sun is rising. If there is an unrestrained tax reduction at this time...not only will you not be able to take advantage of it, but you will also mess up your own position."

Fusu said "oh" again, then nodded and said:

"rational."

"If taxes are lowered in Huaibei, it will not only attract the people of Chu in Chu, but also people from all over Qin."

"At that time, I'm afraid it will cause chaos, and people from all over the world will come to vote, even if there is not enough land."

This is exactly what Shen Bing wanted to say.

The terrain in Huaibei is flat, the water conservancy facilities are complete, and the land is still fertile. If the tax rate is significantly lower than other areas...why would the people in other areas of Qin not come?

Even if the state of Qin has a strict household registration system and passes laws to stop the flow of people, how can the people of Qin be balanced in their hearts?

Why do those Chu people who came to surrender have more and better land and lower tax rates, while those of us who have contributed to Qin have higher tax rates?

Does that mean that it is useless to contribute to Qin?

There may even be a kind of coquettish operation:

Qin law won't let Qin Min go to Huaibei?Well, then I will first sneak into the state of Chu and become a Chu citizen, and then come to Huaibei as a Chu citizen to surrender...

On the other hand, the Chu people who came to surrender before will also be psychologically unbalanced: the ones who came earlier were given less land and the tax rate was higher, while those who came later could get more land and the tax rate was lower...then Do I have to flee back and come down again?

Therefore, not only will the people in Qin not increase, but they will return to Chu.

The situation in Chu State is different. Chu State is a dying country and the various regions are divided into feudal states. Although this kind of messy tax rate has an impact, it has little impact... It's broken.

But if Qin Guo also does it like this, it will affect the whole body.

After thinking about this, Fu Su couldn't help frowning and asked:

"Then, in the opinion of the deputy general... how should we deal with it?"

Shen Bing said without thinking:

"No change in tax rates, less land and homesteads."