Chapter 796: Zhang Yu’s Two Tricks

After this meeting, the various plans began to proceed in parallel.

The entire Jiangdong Expressway is running.

There are more than a dozen plans, the most urgent ones are tax increases and foreign wars.

Zhang Zhao is mainly responsible for raising taxes.

After the policy is formulated, the seal of Zhang Yu Bohai King is stamped, and then the seal of the State Shepherd is stamped, and then it is officially released.

Zhang Zhao requested that the news be passed on to each village, and then the head of the village would convey it to every household.

At the same time, Zhang Yu ordered all intelligence personnel to pay close attention to the development.

And Zhang Yu began to promote the plan to attack Yuan Shu.

When attacking Yuan Shu, two people cannot be avoided.

One is Sun Ce, and the other is Cao Cao.

They were too close and were closely connected with Yuan Shu. If Zhang Yu wanted to attack Yuan Shu, they would definitely not just take a look.

"Send the letter to Sun Ce and Cao Cao immediately."

Zhang Yu personally wrote two letters and sent them to Sun Ce and Cao Cao.

Zhang Yu ordered the army to prepare while waiting for news.

Zhang Yu arranged things in two days, and the rest was waiting.

After being free for a while, Zhang Yu went to find Zhang Zhao.

"Zibu, has the tax increase caused any strong repercussions?"

The tax increase is related to the situation of the entire Jiangdong, and Zhang Yu is still very concerned about it.

Zhang Zhao has been busy. Seeing Zhang Yu coming in, he put down the work in hand, and let those who are doing business go out first.

"My lord, most of the regions have just issued a notice, and they haven't received much impact yet, but this tax increase will definitely affect many people."

"At present, the surrounding areas have been conveyed, and the response is not bad. Except for a few people who are more excited, most people do not have much reaction except for worry."

After Zhang Zhao finished speaking, Zhang Yu frowned and said, "What are they worried about?"

"I am worried that once the tax increase is opened, the tax will continue to increase in the future. If we have no money, we will increase the tax. These people have suffered enough from the tax." Zhang Zhao said.

At the end of the Han Dynasty, taxes were like cow hair, all kinds of taxes.

Only Zhang Yu's taxation is simple and there are not so many types of taxes, but this time the tax has also been increased.

"Should we issue a circular to assure them in my name that we will not collect taxes indiscriminately," Zhang Yu said.

Zhang Zhao waved his hand and said, "No, my lord. Your image is also very important. Although we don't want to increase taxes in the future, if we really need it, we will pay for it. Your identity, my lord, does not need to be guaranteed to a group of ordinary people. what."

Zhang Yu didn't say much. In fact, he didn't care much about his image, but his authority had to be maintained.

"Okay, but we have to find other ways to reassure the people. If people's hearts are floating in a huge Jiangdong, it won't be a big deal."

Money is needed, but the situation should not be chaotic, let alone be taken advantage of.

Zhang Yu's plan was also very simple. He publicly ordered that no meal in the palace can only have three dishes and one soup, except for pregnant women, and children can cook another dish.

Plus, no one can only make five outfits a year.

A very simple order, which was issued immediately and sent to Jiangdong and Youzhou counties.

What is the role of this decree, and why can it calm people's hearts?

Zhang Zhao received orders, and he had to pass on these orders.

One of the clerks asked: "Master Zhang, there is no need for the Lord to be so demanding on himself, he is usually frugal enough."

Zhang Zhao shook his head and said, "My lord is a man of great wisdom. With a government order, the hearts of the people will be stable."

"Why?"

"The lord told everyone that he is not a person who seeks pleasure, let alone become a tyrant. When the people think about it, they know that the lord will not raise taxes indiscriminately in the future, and their hearts will naturally be stable."

"Gao Ming, my lord is really smart." Engage said.

Zhang Zhao handed the decree to the clerk and said, "Issued to each county, and sent it immediately. The sooner the better."

A situation that may cause a relatively large fluctuation in people's hearts was settled by a flimsy government order.

When the common people know the decree issued by Zhang Yu, they will naturally be moved,

I will be more at ease.

Zhang Yu doesn't extort money, seldom attacks other people, and doesn't resort to military action, so what are the common people worried about?

An additional tax of 10% will not have a great impact on their lives. What they worry about is the future.

This paper order worked very well, and some foreign forces wanted to use it to fan the flames, but they found that it couldn't be hyped at all.

The people suddenly supported Zhang Yu even more, making it impossible for them to do anything.

Although they also fooled a group of people, they were quickly wiped out.

A potential crisis was thus resolved.

Then, soon there was another news from the palace.

"Zhang Yu is going to get married in a month, marrying Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao."

It wasn't a hot topic at all, they were engaged long ago, and Zhang Yu also promised the two of them to marry them when they came back.

What's more important is the list and menu of banquets that came out from the palace.

There are only more than 200 people on the list, Jiangdong high-level people, and half of them are people from Jiangdong Academy.

But the menu is very simple, 12 courses, no expensive dishes, and the wine is quite old, but it is Zhang Yu's own wine, produced by himself, and the cost is low.

"Oh, this is too wronged the two ladies."

"Master Zhang is now the prince, how can he be like this."

"We don't agree, we should marry the two empresses into the door in a grand manner."

"It's only twelve dishes, and it's easier than an Erniu in our village marrying a wife."

"Hey, Zhou Laosan married a wife, twenty dishes, one-third of which is meat, and enough wine."

"When a prince marries a daughter-in-law, it's nothing to set up a banquet for three days and three nights."

All kinds of hot discussions among the people are discussing this wedding.

Zhang Yu has held several weddings before, some grand and some simple, but this time the impact was particularly great.

The twelve dishes are not expensive dishes, they are all relatively common dishes, the ingredients can be bought in the market, and the kind that ordinary people can afford.

Now that the people in Jiangdong are rich, a small number of people may surpass Zhang Yu in holding a wedding, not to mention those businessmen and aristocratic families.

After Zhang Zhao received the news, he smiled and said, "The tax increase won't cause any more trouble, and the people will definitely support it."

Zhang Zhao was also worried that the people would rebel, and it would be very troublesome to deal with it.

But Zhang Yu released two messages one after another, which stopped all the troubles at once.

Even if Zhang Yu demands so much from the harem and himself, the common people still have nothing to worry about.

They are all against Zhang Yu, but not against his tax increase, but against the lack of grandeur of his wedding.

"I heard that Yuan Shu spent millions of dollars to marry a concubine, and invited thousands of people. Our lord married two concubines, how can we be worse than Yuan Shu?"

"Haha, don't talk about Yuan Shu, the owner of the rice store, Mr. Wang married a concubine, and it was a sensation. The scene is even more impressive than that of other county guards."