Mo Wen frowned sharply when he heard this, the size and scope of the five counties on the north bank were clearly marked on the territory map, the largest one was the Yu County where it was located now, and the Lu County in the northeast of Yu County was also a large county.
"If I want these two counties, you can also give them up" Mo Wentan pointed to the two counties of Luyu and Yu.
"Yes."
Shi Zhen nodded heavily.
"You are a woman, how can you decide on military affairs" Mo Wen shook his head and said, as the saying goes, if something goes abnormal, it is a demon, and the gift issued by Zhao Guo is too heavy, this is two counties, thousands of miles of land, and thousands of people, how can Zhao Guo say let it.
"Look what this is" Shi Zhen untied a square object wrapped in yellow silk from his waist and put it on the table, this thing was five inches in size, and after unraveling, it turned out to be a dragon standing on a white jade seal.
"You actually stole the jade seal out" Mo Wen frowned and looked at Shi Zhen, Zhao Guo was located in the northwest back then, so its jade seal was mutton fat white jade, this jade seal was really white jade flawless, so perfect is definitely not imitation.
"The jade seal is hidden in the deep palace, I don't see it on weekdays, how to steal it, this is my father and me, and I will act on his behalf."
Shi Zhense said.
"It's child's play to cut the land and let the land, how can you Hu people act so radically" Mo Wen frowned and shook his head, it was really incredible that such a major matter should be handed over to a woman with full control.
"If you are someone else, Hugh said that two counties will not give him a county, but you are different from others, you are worthy of us in exchange for two counties."
Shi Zhen did not have a stubborn expression at this time, his expression was extremely serious, and his tone was the same.
"Why do you value me so much" Mo asked, Hugh said that he had already discussed with your fellow disciples to take over the golden seal of Zhao Guo, but he had not discussed it before, and it was inevitable that he would be tempted to see such a heavy gift this time, and anyone would be moved by the gift, just to see if the gift was heavy enough.
"Your spells are strong, and if you are not an enemy of our Zhao country, you are worth a county.
Help us pacify the north, and it is worth a county.
Shi Zhen said.
Mo Wen put away the scroll when he heard this, and raised his hand to Shi Zhen, "You seem to be bold, but in fact, you are quite scheming, knowing that I have already made enemies with the Jin Kingdom, even with them, they will also be suspicious, so they dare to be so generous." ” Shi Zhen was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then sneered, "They don't accept it, you can bear it." ” "I'm a lone Taoist, and I don't want to ask for the matter of splitting the earth and sealing the king, and I won't help you pacify the north, but the Murong Yan Kingdom in the northeast is also a foreign race, so it's not impossible to help you resist Yan."
Mo Wen said calmly.
"What do you want" Shi Zhen's words were trilling, and he begged for everything, but Mo Wen finally relented.
"There are three, one, the Hu people are not allowed to rob the wives and daughters of the Han people in the territory."
Mo Wen held up a finger.
This request was the lowest of Mo Wen's three requests, he originally thought that Shi Zhen would agree immediately, but he didn't expect Shi Zhen to frown when he heard this, and his face was embarrassed.
"The property of the Han people is all hard-earned gains, and their wives and daughters are also close relatives, so you Hu people should not have robbed them in the first place."
Mo Wen raised his eyebrows and said.
"The holy decree can be given, but I dare not guarantee whether the people of the country will obey it, many years of habits cannot be changed overnight, and I am afraid that the promise made to you will not be fulfilled."
Shi Zhen looked helpless.
Although Mo Wen was annoyed that Shi Zhen had never agreed to this minimum requirement, he also secretly praised her sincerity, and it was a bright move not to promise what he couldn't do.
"Okay, the holy decree will be issued, if you ask, if the people of the country violate it, the lost property of the Han people will be repaid by the government."
Shi Zhen frowned for a long time and spoke.
Mo Wen nodded slowly, Shi Zhen could promise this, it was really not easy.
"According to your calculations, it will take a little time to recover the three counties and sixteen states," Shi Zhen asked.
Mo Wen didn't answer, but took the territory map in Shi Zhen's hand again and spread it out, "Which three counties?"
"Huang County, Bai County, Yong County."
Shi Zhen pointed to three areas, all of which are in the northeast direction, in the shape of an arrow, with the two wings of Huangbai County and Yong County as the front line, which is a pattern that can be attacked and defended.
"Ten years should be the best work."
Mo Wen looked at it for a long time and said, although there are only three counties, these three counties are all large counties, almost occupying as much as thirty percent of the territory of Zhao State, this is a war between countries, each side has a large number of reinforcements, it must be a protracted war, and it is not an overnight achievement to win.
Shi Zhen frowned slightly when she heard this, her expression showed that she was not satisfied with the time Mo Wen said, but she did not object to this.
"Second, since the date I received the Golden Seal, the taxes of the Han people of Zhao have been halved in ten years."
Mo asked.
"Taxation is the lifeblood of the country, and half of it will be reduced, but it will never be."
Shi Zhen waved his hand and shook his head.
"Twenty percent off."
Mo Wen took the initiative to back down, half of what he said earlier also knew that Zhao Guo would not agree, even if it was two percent, it was a huge amount.
Shi Zhen was silent again when he heard this, Mo Wen pointed to the seat next to him, Shi Zhen sat down and frowned and thought, and after a long time, he said, "Miscellaneous taxes are not exempt, and the field is exempted by two percent, and it will be five years in the same period." ” As soon as these words came out, it was Mo Wen's turn to be silent, and what Shi Zhen said about the five years of the same period was a pun, which not only meant that he would reduce Tian Fu by 20% within five years, but also that he must defeat Murong Yanguo within five years.
"You are a woman, why does Ling Zun believe in you so much and entrust such important matters to you," Mo asked an irrelevant question after groaning.
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"It is precisely because I am a woman that my father trusts me."
Shi Zhen said with a smile.
"What do you understand," Mo Wen raised his hand slightly.
"Because I'm not going to fight for the throne."
Shi Zhen replied.
Mo Wen nodded slowly, he had already felt the fierceness of the battle for the throne during the previous time in the Jin Kingdom, in order to eliminate potential threats, he really did everything, and the family affection seemed extremely weak, this situation must have also appeared in the Zhao Kingdom, when the princes were bent on competing for the throne, the princess became the most trustworthy person.
"How old are you this year?"
asked Mowen.
"You're two years younger."
Shi Zhen replied casually.
"At your age, I doubt you'll be able to keep your promise."
Mo Wen looked sideways at Shi Zhen.
"You're not that old, but I don't doubt your abilities."
Shi Zhen said with a smile.
"What I did in Jiankang is seen by the world, how can you doubt it" Mo asked to fight back.
"I can send 10,000 people here, but I can invite the emperor's jade seal, and you shouldn't doubt me."
Shi Zhen was not timid.
Mo Wen lowered his head and cleaned up the confetti on the table, "What you have done is indeed powerful, but such a military matter, it seems that it is not very appropriate for Ling Zun to pretend to you instead of doing it himself." ” "Father doesn't care about this at all."
Shi Zhen shook his head and then raised his right hand, "Five years." ” Mo Wen didn't answer immediately, but frowned and groaned, Zhao Guo's taxes are very heavy, one acre of land needs to be paid two stones and four buckets, the land in the north can produce about three stones of corn in a good year, Tian Fu has taken eighty percent, and only half of the remaining six buckets have faded away the chaff, Zhao Guo's adult men and women have about five acres of land per capita, three acres of land for men under the age of thirteen, and two acres for the second daughter, according to the calculation of twenty acres of land for a family of five, six stones of surplus grain after the payment, but more than 700 catties, these 700 catties of grain and rice will be used by five people for a year, It takes each person three days to get one pound of rice grain, which is only enough for gruel to satisfy his stomach.
If you remove two percent of the field endowment, one acre of land will be less than five buckets of field endowment, twenty acres will be exempted from ten stones, and after the shell is five stones, almost double the surplus grain of the people, so that the people will be able to eat dry food in these five years, which is already a big change, and this move will greatly reduce the tragic scene of selling children and daughters, and there is only so much he can ask for and what he can exchange for.
"Five years."
Mo Wen nodded in agreement.
"Three whys," Shi Zhen asked.
"At the time of the Eastern Crusade, Zhao was not allowed to invade Liang from the west."
Mo asked.
"Liang Country" Shi Zhen was surprised, "Why is it Liang Country and not Jin Kingdom" "Ryokuni."
Mo asked for an emphasis but did not explain.
"It's the easiest, and we promise."
Shi Zhen nodded and asked again, "I really want to know why you want to protect Liangguo."
"The Liang Kingdom has not been expelled from me."
Mo Wen smiled.
In fact, what he said was only a small part of the reason, the main reason is that the Jin State is strong, and it is not easy for Zhao to go south, but the Liang State, which is also a Han regime, is relatively weak, and Zhao State may be free to deal with it during this time.
In addition, there is an important reason, that is, the Peacock King who went to Middle-earth to preach the Mahayana teachings is currently in the Liang Kingdom, although he does not know what the Mahayana teachings are, but he is very appreciative of the words and deeds of the Peacock King, at least the old monk dares to admit the defects and mistakes of Buddhism, such people are only responsible for the great virtue, and the Taoists should stand in the main position to accept, the previous Shangqing immortals who taught the art had said "stop man-made disasters, level natural disasters", a flat word has a deep meaning, Shangqing's original intention should not be to kill the world's bald heads, but to seek peace and seek "peace".
Because of this, he wanted to keep the Liang Kingdom, and the Peacock King was instructed by him to go to the Liang Kingdom, and he couldn't send people with the front foot, so he let the Zhao State attack the Liang Kingdom with the back foot.
"My royal brothers also have the heart to share their worries with their father, and they are looking for capable people who want to take over the national teacher, if they want to take over the golden seal, I am afraid that they will have to defeat them."
Shi Zhen said.
"Tell those monks and nuns, give way, I don't want to kill in vain."
Mo Wen said coldly.
"I deliberately provoked you to say that, and they are not all monks."
Shi Zhen laughed evilly.
"How many people are there" Mo Wen glanced at Shi Zhen and asked with a frown.
"Each of the three royal brothers is looking for one, Princess Ji is looking for one, the court is looking for three, and the national teacher is selecting one, a total of eight people."
Shi Zhen said.
Mo Wen didn't ask again, he had already learned the power struggle within the court in the Jin State before, and the Zhao State must be the same, all the princes and princesses have the heart to share the emperor's worries, saying that they are sharing worries, but in fact, the essence is still the struggle for military power, because once the recommended person serves as the national teacher, he will lead the troops to the battle, and the military power will naturally fall into the hands of the recommended person.
"Most of them are mediocre talents, and they don't have the same treatment as you, and Hugh said that two counties, even one state, have not allowed them."
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Shi Zhen said.
"The words of the two counties are just pushed by you, knowing that the Jin Kingdom will not accept it, so don't mention it."
Mo Wen stood up, "I am only for you to fight against Murong Yanguo, not to be sent by others, you must fulfill your promise, one, you must not rob the Han people's property, wives and daughters."
Second, within five years, the land endowment will be reduced by 20%. 3.
No troops should be sent to Liangguo within five years. ” "It's a deal."
Shi Zhen stretched out his right palm.
Mo Wen glanced at Shi Zhen and did not respond.
Shi Zhen took the emperor's jade seal in his hand, and Mo Wen probed it on it, "Each promise." ” "When a real person goes out of the mountain, he should greet him with a heavy courtesy, and I will go back immediately to arrange the etiquette."
Shi Zhen turned around and left with a smile on his face.
Mo Wen watched Shi Zhen go out, and when he turned to the east, he took out the talisman box from his bosom and pressed the stack of blank talisman paper that he had been holding in his hand: