The second year of Kaihuang.

In February, the ice and snow thaw.

Marquis Jingzhong shook Yuan Guangzhi to regroup and led his troops to attack Liangzhou.

The Northwest War restarted.

Liangzhou's military and horses defended, and the war once again came to a deadlock.

In April, the Great Zhou Dynasty sent tens of thousands of reinforcements.

Yuan Guangzhi, the Marquis of Jingzhong, made a tough move to attack the city.

Liangzhou soldiers and horses were struggling to defend the city, suffering from insufficient food and grass in the city, and the equipment to defend the city was exhausted. Two months later...

It was in June of this year that Liu Baoshun decisively ordered the city to abandon and retreat to the second city a hundred miles away, and strictly guard against it.

The defensive line retreats, which is a signal.

A signal that is very likely to be unable to hold on.

Yuan Guangzhi, the Marquis of Jingzhong, followed the instructions of his two majesties, and pursued the enemy fiercely, and was determined to drive the troops in Liangzhou out.

He personally led the generals and continued to attack the next city without stopping.

In three months, the soldiers of the Great Zhou Dynasty successively entered five cities, leaving only fifty miles away from Liangzhou Prefecture City.

In Liangzhou Prefecture, people were in panic.

However, the enemy was coming in full force, with sufficient food and supplies, excellent equipment and numerous military sources.

As the emperor of the "Beiliang", Liu Baoshun stood on the city wall and looked at the mountains in the distance, feeling ups and downs.

"The same is half of the country, Yan Yunge has many soldiers and a wide range of generals, and has sufficient tax revenue. Why have I been worried about taxes for more than ten years in the Daliang Dynasty? What exactly is wrong?"

"I heard that Yan Yunge is focusing on business and agriculture, and is light on taxes and levies. I really can't figure it out. Such low taxes can still be sufficient. It's really a bit confused."

Liu Baoshun couldn't figure it out either.

Logically, if the tax revenue of the court is lighter and less expensive, the annual tax revenue of the court will definitely decrease.

However, in the Great Zhou territory, it turned out to be the opposite.

If you have light taxes and taxes, you will have a lot of income. How can you explain it?

The reason is very simple.

The burden on farmers was reduced by light taxes and levies. In addition, the court focused on agriculture and helped farmers. Even if the harvest was average, the farmers still had some surplus grain to resist the past.

As long as they can withstand it, farmers will not give up on their land, sell houses, and even more so, sell children and daughters, or sell themselves as slaves.

In this way, with enough number of self-cultivated farmers, even if they are light taxes and levies, they can still collect a large amount of taxes.

on the contrary……

Taxes are heavy, and if the year is not good, there is no need for drought and floods. It is just a normal year. After farmers pay heavy taxes and levies, it is basically difficult to have food to store.

It is difficult to survive the cold winter and the green and yellow early spring.

If you can't stand it, you can only sell your house, land, children, and slaves.

Self-cultivated farmers become slaves in the farm.

As long as there is one more serf in the farm of the aristocratic family, the court will have one less self-cultivated farmer who pays taxes.

Under the vicious cycle, year after year, fewer and fewer self-cultivated farmers pay taxes.

Even if the court continuously increases tax levies, the taxes that can be collected will still be reduced year by year.

The end result was that the family was richer and the farmers and the court were poor.

The court had no money, and the farmers had no money, and the business was in decline and the business tax was insufficient.

To the end...

In order to make money, the Liu family father and son had to start a massacre of the aristocratic family, and the situation further deteriorated.

Yan Yunge learns from the experience of his predecessors and establishes the spirit of contract.

Before the court formulates a system, it is necessary to conduct repeated research to ensure that most people benefit.

Once the system is determined, from the court to the local government, we must abide by the system and adhere to the spirit of the contract.

When Yan Yunge first established the country, he firmly opposed the change of orders every day.

If the court and the government want to establish credit so that businessmen can do business with confidence, farmers can farm with peace of mind, scholars can study with confidence, and families must establish a trustworthy credit system.

Don't go all day long, today's idea, and tomorrow's previous policies...

If you do something nonsense, you will be done sooner or later.

Liu Baoshun just loves to do things too much. He wants to repair his relationship with the aristocratic family later. In a few days, he raised the butcher knife to the aristocratic family. Who can believe his words?

Which aristocratic family dares to work hard for him, and aren't they afraid of serving him in a blink of an eye?

The soldiers were also jokingly in their hearts. Will they become cannon fodder and be sacrificed?

Finally, Liu Baoshun destroyed the Daliang River.

When he stood on the wall of Liangzhou Prefecture City and looked into the distance, he not only felt a lot of emotion, but also had endless envy.

He envied Yan Yunge and took half of the country and managed it well.

He envied Xiao Yi, married Yan Yunge, and became the emperor as he wished.

"Father, how do we fight this battle?" Liu Yun was very excited.

He felt that as the situation developed, his chances of rebellion became more and more mature.

The army lost five cities in a row, which has caused dissatisfaction among all parties.

Compared with the Western Route Army, we went all the way west and conquered cities and land. The Eastern Route Army is indeed not enough.

As long as he obtains the support of the Western Route Army, rebellion is just a matter of time.

Liu Baoshun slashed the city wall with a knife, "You can't give the enemy a chance to breathe and rest. Before the enemy assembled and the offensive was completed, you can catch him off guard."

September in the second year of Kaihuang.

Under the city of Liangzhou Prefecture City, the city gate was opened, and Liangzhou soldiers and horses were all out to replace defense with attack.

The soldiers and horses on both sides were killed in one place, killing the sky and the earth, and the corpse and the sea of ​​blood.

Half a day later, both sides called out to withdraw their troops, and each of them suffered heavy casualties.

In the following days, Liangzhou soldiers and horses went out of the city several times to fight, and both sides had their own victories and losses.

The great Zhou army was successful because of its sufficient food and equipment, excellent equipment, numerous military sources, able to fight in field battles, and siege battles.

after……

The soldiers and horses of Liangzhou stood firm in the city and did not come out, and turned attack into defense. Relying on the high and deep walls, they repelled the attacks of the soldiers and horses of the Great Zhou several times.

The two sides are in a stalemate, fighting spirit, and morale of the army...

Fight for the wisdom of the leader...

Compete for the right time, place, and people.

However, Liangzhou soldiers and horses could never get rid of the shadows.

That is, too much food and grass is consumed and there is no food and grass to replenish.

The equipment for defending the city is consumed too quickly and there is difficulty in supply.

The weapon in the soldier's hand was rolled up, but there was no good weapon to replace.

besides……

The weather started to get colder, but there was not enough cotton clothes to keep warm.

In contrast, the soldiers and horses of the Great Zhou Dynasty received new cotton clothes and cotton shoes from generals to new recruits.

Even young generals in the army can wear a pair of beautiful leather boots and tie their trousers' legs, making them look heroic.

Even if you are short and poor, wearing beautiful leather boots, you can still show your mighty and domineering momentum.

He really envied the soldiers and horses of Liangzhou.

"I heard that there was a kind of glue in the Dazhou area. The soles of the soles of cotton shoes made of glue are not afraid of water or snow, and they will not rot no matter how they are worn."

"I heard from the merchants that this kind of glue was cut from the trees and was not large in number. The first batch was all used on cotton shoes. No, it was worn by the people outside the city."

"We are all serving in the army to eat food. What kind of treatment are they treated? Let's see how different we eat and wear. "

"Hehe, you don't even look at who the other person's master is, compare us..."

"Shh! Shut up, don't you have to die? Be careful to punish you for causing trouble for the morale of the army."

As soon as these words were spoken, all the soldiers shut their mouths.

The atmosphere also dropped sharply.

Everyone looks like they are desperate, listless and unable to raise any morale.
To be continued...