Chapter 461 : Chapter 222 The Extortion Begins (1)
Chapter 222 The extortion begins
Runan.
During these days, the entire Runan County has undergone great changes.
Although Liu Pi of Runan County is relatively civilized, he is much better than Zheng Bao, Zhang Duo and his like. Zheng Bao, Zhang Duo and their like treat the people as slaves, but Liu Pi also treats the people as slaves.
common people.[
However, Liu Pi and his ilk were also remnants of the Yellow Turbans, and even if they were more enlightened, they were limited. Before that, the tax burden in the entire county of Runan was very heavy.
On the one hand, he wanted to support Liu Pi's elite soldiers, and on the other hand, he wanted to support Liu Pi's own luxury.
Therefore, the situation in Runan as a whole was relatively bleak. But it was different when Lu Su came. While selling Liu Pi's treasures, he ordered to reduce the tax burden.
While the people were able to take a breather, they also gained a certain amount of prestige.
These are the situations in one city in Runan. Throughout Runan County, Lu Su launched political expansion. He sent specialized officials to more than ten counties to persuade local county magistrates to surrender.
Promise to maintain the status quo, but each county needs to pay a certain amount of tax. Now there are countless elite soldiers in Runan City, and the county magistrates are just some yamen.
Naturally, he wholeheartedly agreed to the generous concession conditions offered by Lu Su.
This approach of giving independent powers to county magistrates has great sequelae. It will cause the power of the county magistrates below to expand. But Lu Su, at least on the surface, has conquered the entire Runan County.
As for the problem of sequelae, Lu Su didn't mind, because Lu Su knew that Liu Feng was in the world and little Runan was just a springboard.
However, even if Lu Su thinks so, no one in the world dares to look down upon him.
Runan County has more than ten cities and more than 100,000 people, plus the 50,000 tribes left by Lu Su during his campaign against Zheng Bao and Zhang Duo.
There are a total of two hundred thousand people.
Now Sun Ce and his ilk only have a crowd of between one and two million. Calculated in this way, a crowd of 200,000 can be considered a relatively large prince in the world.
Lu Su reduced taxes in Runan to win the hearts and minds of the people. He used generous concession conditions, persuaded the county magistrate to be demoted, and won the right to rule the entire Runan County.
The result of this was that Lu Su's reputation throughout the world quickly rose.
These are all achievements in governing Runan. In terms of military affairs, Lu Su surrendered Liu Pi's original seven or eight thousand elite soldiers when he originally had five thousand elite soldiers, and selected seven thousand of them to join his army.
In this way, we have 12,000 elite soldiers. Although the combat effectiveness of the army cannot be formed in a short time, at least it has gained momentum.
With the governance of Runan and the increase in military strength, it can be said that the situation is excellent.
This will give others the feeling that they are based in Runan and have deep roots. This means that it has more value in winning over. If you don't know how to govern after conquering Runan, the value will be reduced a lot.[
Lu Su governed Runan and increased his momentum for this purpose.
The benefits are obvious. The princes of the world, the key ones such as Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, are bound to win over Lu Su who is in charge of Runan. But after all, they are far away from each other.
It was some of the surrounding princes who really quickly got the news and took action.
Liu Xun's envoy from Lujiang was the first to arrive.
If Sun Ce is the largest prince in Yangzhou, with six counties and 81 counties in the east of the Yangtze River, and an army of 100,000 men, then the second prince in Yangzhou is Liu Xun.