Chapter 263 – Ascension of Sagely King Liu Mang (2) (1/1)
Chapter 263 – Ascension of Sagely King Liu Mang (2)
Zhou Yu asked in his doubt “Bofu, what news that ry to the point, he want to chew so The reason, jin, while we both still pondering for counter My little brother has provided a solution for us!!!” Sun Ce said that in a very satisfied tone just like a father did Since Sun Jian died, Sun Ce has been real close with Sun Quan, so when Sun Quan provided solution right now, made Sun Ce really happy because he want to share burden with him
“Oh?!” Zhou Yu is a bit surprised and start to read the e as well Zhou Yu and Sun Ce’s personal relationshi+p is very good to the point that he is able to go in and out of Sun clan’s house like his own, even Lady Wu had considered Zhou Yu as his son and if Sun Shangxiang was already at e, Lady Wu would certainly marry her to Zhou Yu Zhou Yu then read the letter carefully, and was very startled as the letter contained a co is in need of commoners, while his farmland amounted to ten-thousand width A ed while Shouchun itself is very plentiful as well Its annual output amounted to those Xu Province whole annual output, if not, Yuan Shu is impossible to build a pretty palace co’an froain his wealth after being expelled from Shouchun once, when he returned back to Shouchun And if no people to cultivate it, it is a waste of good soil, therefore Liu Mang et commoners to far their commoners close to their chest, for commoners are their most precious commodities They can provide taxes as well for recruitment for soldiers Out of 60 million of Han subjects, only less than 1/3 left caused by wars For example, Cao Cao lost 60,000 troops while Yuan Shao lost 150,000 troops in Guandu 200,000 lives just throay like that and it is only soldiers, not counted the destruction of counties, casualties of co Ma Teng vs Wu’An Tribe and Liu Bei vs Liu Mang War brings death to all people, soldiers and commoners alike, therefore, Han’s land is very empty
Liu Bei know of the importance of coht coood for rain tax, it is very dreamy However, in order to obtain co to suffer loss first, then he can got big gain in the future Fro can conscript them as well ask them to farm in order to fill his military provisions, but once the quota fulfilled, he will raised that 30 tax By then, those who already left their hoain and finally stayed to work for Liu Mang Therefore, Sun Quan writes in Sun Ce’s letter, that Prince of Shu Liu Mang must not be prevented in his co as Sagely King
If we stopped his plan, we are the one who lose!!! We are not like Yu The Great who can control water We cannot use violence also to stop them, for they will definitely escape froh weapons to kill them, also those soldiers would be hesitated to kill their own fellow villagers Instead, we help Liu Mang to beco, said that Shouchun only will have tax of 30, and will never raise any add any taxes, he will break his propaganda and will be forever e will plu who had offended nobles, will inevitably offended commoners sooner or later, and will be impossible to obtain this nation Also his father-in-law Lu Bu will be a laughing stock also
If Liu Mang doesn’t adjust his tax and persisted We didn’t care how big Shouchun is and how plentiful its far a few hundred-thousands men toward him At that moment, he needs massive supplies of food to feed both his aret food so ’s own supplies Can Liu Mang’s food last for at least 200,000 people for at least a year until next harvest? Even if he had enough, there is not enough seed to plant ten-thousandhimself will die of starvation, and his commoners with him
This is the true face of chaos tireedily and a for themselves, to raise their family status It is also the times where commoners did not have any stable livelihood And if co to rebel Sun Ce’s idea to stop e is total stupid ’s domain, it is impossible to stop that kind of wave What Sun Ce should have done, just let the suffocate himself and ran out of food and eventually… He will start to kill his own men for food hell, even Cao Cao ns three provinces by himself, is not able to provide food for 100,000 people
Also, Sun Quan also recommended to Sun Ce, for him to write to all warlords nearby, to Liu Bei of Yu Province, to Cao Cao of Yan Province, even to Liu Biao of Jing Province He also told Sun Ce that writing this thing, will benefit the pair
If Lu Bu and Liu Mang kept this thing, there will be at least 1,000,000 people co at them With that, no matter how many food they have, they will deplete in just 1theer trustworthy and it is at that tiht Sun Ce while sain “Hahaha,that Sun Ce just mused was solved by Sun Quan Brother Quan’s proposal is to let Lu Bu and Liu Mang suffocate by their own proposal, truly frightening Thought Zhou Yu silently and thought again Alas, if only Brother Quan is Young Master Quan, a son of Brother Ce Yu really afraid that this may create an internal political rift between them both as Sun Quan may be ambitious Zhou Yu was silent and did not kno to reh he and Sun Ce were very close and were sworn brothers, Sun Quan was blood related Compared to Sun Quan, he was just an outsider