"Why bother?" Feng Yunshan rode Persimmon to the broken city wall of the Peicheng City. He looked up at the man standing on the wall and said, "Surrender, I won't embarrass you."

The governor of Peizhou had already escaped and surrendered, so the man on top of the city was naturally not him, but a man named Feng Shengyi. He had the same surname as Feng Yun Shang. From a patriarchal perspective, the two were not related, but from a blood perspective

, is a distant relative who is as close to the Feng Kingdom. The Ten Kingdoms with the Feng surname are not all of the Feng surname. There are many branches of the Feng surname scattered in the mortal world. As long as these branches are willing to regard the Ten Kingdoms as their main sect, they can get

Asylum from the Ten Kingdoms.

The Feng Shengyi lineage was originally one of the branches protected by the Chaotian Feng Clan, but in the end it drifted away from the Chaotian Feng Clan due to some things. When the two parties parted ways, it was the Chaotian Feng Clan that completely controlled the eastern part of Chaotian and reached its peak.

At that time, the lineage of Feng Shengyi learned the way of the saints and paid attention to the monarch and his ministers, which conflicted with the philosophy of the Chaotian Feng clan.

Feng Shengyi just looked at Feng Yun Shang with a smile and said: "The saint has something to say..."

Feng Yunshang was not very interested in the great principles of saints mentioned by Feng Shengyi, but today he really wanted to argue with Feng Shengyi.

"Is there any food left in the city?" Fengyun Shang said silently.

"Yes." Feng Shengyi lowered his head sadly and said in a deep voice: "But not much." The way of the saint has never told him to lie, so Feng Shengyi has never lied in his life, even though he knew that the food and grass situation in the city at this moment could not be told.

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"How many people died?" Fengyun Shang continued to ask. He also had a rough guess about the situation in the city. He even had a shortage of food and grass in the city because of his handiwork.

Feng Shengyi was silent for a long time. He even roughly guessed what Feng Yun Shang was going to ask next, but the saint didn't ask him to avoid it, so he continued: "Many, there are almost no living people in the city."

Feng Yun Shang Tu Qiong Dagger saw this and said brazenly: "This junior also understands the way of the saint. To cause a large number of deaths of people in the city for selfish reasons should be contrary to the way of the saint. Feng Shengyi, you who have caused such sins

, how can we talk about the way of saints again?"

Feng Shengyi was silent. He was just a nerd who read books. He was not good at talking and didn't know how to defend Feng Yun Shang. In the end, he just said, "I will bear my sins."

This time it was Feng Yun Shang's turn to be silent. He stood up and dismounted, respectfully bowed to Feng Shengyi as a disciple, then retired and gave the order for a general attack.

Around Fengyun Shang's army, layers of tents were erected. In these tents lived the original residents of Peicheng. These residents were deliberately released by Feng Shengyi, and they did not want these people to be buried in the flames of war.

Not all the people escaped, some people still stayed in the city and gathered around Feng Shengyi to resist Feng Yun Shang.

The general attack went smoothly, because there were not many living people in the city. Whether it was the army or the people in the city, as long as they wanted to leave, Feng Shengyi would not stop them. Every day, people silently put down their weapons and were killed by Feng Shengyi.

He hung from the city wall with a rope and surrendered to Feng Yun Shang.

After entering the city, Persimmon's horse hooves stepped on the street, and there was a loud echo. There was no living person in the city. No, to be precise, there was one more - the Wind Saint guarding the door of his house.

Yi. Feng Yun Shang rode Persimmon to the intersection of Feng Shengyi's house, got off his horse, and walked alone to the door of Feng Shengyi's house.

"I've met Mr. Feng." Feng Yun Shang bowed down to worship Feng Shengyi as a disciple. Feng Shengyi sat in front of his house, Feng Yun Shang stood in front of him, the two looked at each other in silence. After all, it was Feng Yun Shang who broke the news.

After breaking the silence, he asked aloud: "If this matter hadn't happened, what would you have done, sir?"

"Teach and educate people, cultivate virtue and write books, spread the way of saints." Feng Shengyi raised his head and looked at Feng Yun Shang, his eyes were very calm, there was no resentment of the rebels, nor was there any prayer for Feng Yun Shang.

"You can't make much money by writing a book, and you can easily be exploited by bookstores. Others may not even know that this book was written by Mr., so why bother?" Fengyun Shang sat cross-legged on the ground, as if a scholar wanted to compete with Feng Shengyi.

As if discussing Taoism, Feng Shengyi stood up and walked down the steps, sitting cross-legged three steps in front of Feng Yun Shang.

"Then let's find another bookstore. There is not only one bookstore in the world."

"What if all the bookstores in the world are average? What's more, even if Mr.'s book is written and distributed, what will happen? No one will read it." Fengyun Shang shook his head and sighed, and whispered: "After all, it is necessary to do something.

Something reliable."

"The way of saints always needs someone to pass it on." Feng Shengyi shook his head and smiled. He knew all the sufferings Feng Yun Shang mentioned. He even encountered more injustices, but he just said indifferently: "I came to this world and passed away.

Once in a while, you have to take something back and leave something behind."

Feng Yun Shang remained silent. After a long time, Feng Shengyi looked into Feng Yun Shang's eyes and asked, "General, why are you the one who gave birth to this world?"

"Tool." Fengyun Shang was silent for a while, but decided to tell the truth, "A tool to create wealth, power, and fame for me."

Feng Shengyi's face was a little gloomy, and his words of saints turned into a sigh after all. He got up and returned to his small courtyard. Feng Yun Shang kept watching Feng Shengyi walk into the small courtyard, then stood up and walked slowly out of the alley.

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If the Tao is different, there should be no mutual conspiracy. Both Fengyun Shang and Feng Shengyi have the idea of ​​discussing Tao with each other, but in the end, Tao is different, and it is useless to talk more.

A wisp of black smoke floated from behind to in front of him, wandering playfully in front of Fengyun Shang, and then went further. Fengyun Shang paused at his feet and continued to move forward. A fire broke out in the small courtyard behind him.

They burned all the books and people in the small courtyard.

Feng Shengyi used this to resist the karma of the people in the city.

The Way of the Saint is very popular in the Three Realms. After all, it is a knowledge established by the Immortal Court. But people are more interested in the "Three Cardinal Guides and Five Constant Rules" in the Way of the Saint, rather than the "people are the most precious" in the Way of the Saint. Feng Shengyi hopes

He told Feng Yun Shang that "people are the most valuable", but Feng Yun Shang didn't want to hear it, so he left.

The merchants in the city did not take any of it, and returned it to the people in the city. The people in the city were his tools, but they could not always oppress the tools, otherwise there would be resistance.

Even though Fengyun Shang had minimized the damage to the side city, many houses were still burned down during the war, and there were many homeless people in the city. Fengyun Shang hesitated a little, but still opened the treasury of the side city.

, kept the wine and meat, and distributed the other gold and silver treasures to the people.

Peicheng is the center of Peizhou, with hundreds of thousands of people living in Peicheng. If you can win over the hearts and minds of Peicheng, it is equivalent to winning over half of the people in Peizhou. This is the business of Fengyunshang.

The reason for such generosity was that when Feng Yun Shang went to see Feng Shengyi, he also had the idea of ​​​​buying people's hearts, and showed others that he was eager for talents and did not care about past grudges.

After Li Zilai entered the city, he went straight to the Prefecture Mu's Mansion and surrounded the Prefecture Mu's Mansion with an order. He entered the Prefecture Mu's Mansion first, followed by the Peizhou Mu's Mansion. Under the leadership of the Peizhou Mu's Mansion, they

It was easy to find the hidden files. Li Zilai smiled and praised Peizhou Prefect, saying that he had made great contributions.

These files record the total population of Peizhou, land holdings, resource distribution, and detailed maps of mountains and rivers. These files were deliberately hidden by the governor of Peizhou before his escape, as a capital to save his life and get promoted.

These files can save Fengyun Shang and others at least two years and save them a lot of effort. These files are the basis for ruling a place. Without these files, Fengyun Shang and the others would be blind, and would be needed under any circumstances.

Go to the statistics again.

Not only is it time-consuming and labor-intensive, but it is also prone to omissions, leading to a reduction in household registration and taxation.

Now Peizhou and Liyang Prefecture have fallen into the hands of Fengyun Shang, with a total of 16 counties and 112 counties, with a total population of 3.15 million. Under normal circumstances, it would take ten common people to afford it.

For one soldier serving as a soldier, that is to say, the land of the two states can theoretically support a total of 310,000 soldiers.

Liyang Prefecture must be returned to Chaotian Kingdom in the future, because Liyang Prefecture is no longer the eastern part of Chaotian Kingdom. Although Emperor Chaotian tacitly gave this state to Fengyun Shang as compensation. But if Fengyun Shang establishes the country in the future, Liyang Prefecture

It has become an isolated place for sudden advances. The cost of defending Liyang Prefecture is too high. It can also easily lead to conflicts with Chaotian Kingdom.

In addition to Peizhou, there are sixteen states in the east. Even if there are only 150,000 people in one state, there are still 2.4 million people. What's more, there are also millions of eastern frontier troops under the command of the three kings.

Elite troops.

In comparison, 350,000 horses and horses are simply pitiful, so the army still needs to be expanded. Peizhou has enough grain and grass to support an army of 500,000 for a year. This grain and grass is just to deal with emergencies.

Not all can be used.

Therefore, there is only one way to go before Fengyun Shang and others, and that is to increase taxes. Ten people feed one soldier. This ratio can be completely compressed. All the food in the hands of the people except rations and seed grains is collected.

Up to 8 to 1, it is absolutely not a problem to reach a ratio of 400,000 troops. If taxes on various businesses are further increased, it should be possible to support an additional 50,000 troops, reaching 450,000.

This is almost the limit of the two states. If it is any more, the people of the two states will have no way to survive. Even a ratio of eight to one can starve hundreds of thousands of people to death, because this ratio has made the people lose their support.

Disaster resistance, even one less rain or one more rain can lead to the destruction of a family.

This approach will naturally not be popular, but it is also a helpless move. Fengyun Shang issued an announcement promising that after the war, Liyang and Peizhou would not collect taxes for two years, and after two years, they would collect half taxes for three years.

Some public anger has been suppressed. The people are so simple, and as long as there is a glimmer of light in front of them, they are willing to endure it silently.

The recruitment work was in full swing. Under Fengyun Shang's tax increase policy, many men in their prime joined the army in order to receive military pay. Therefore, the number of the forty-five troops was quickly recruited. Fengyun Shang finally hesitated for a while.

Days later, the ratio was changed from eight to one to seventeen to two. The shortage of military rations was allocated from the granary in Peizhou.
Chapter completed!