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When Su Chen took control of Jinling City, his first policy was to bring peace to the people and announce to the outside world that the new state of Wu had annexed Wu, Yue, and the Southern and Tang Dynasties. The territory was expanded. From then on, there would be no more wars in the south. The people could live in peace and contentment, and traders could communicate normally.

Already.

This news had a great impact on the people of Jinling. I didn't expect that the territory south of the Yangtze River would change like this in a few months.

For a long time, the Wuyue Kingdom and the Southern Tang Dynasty have been in constant friction and fighting. In recent decades, they have become enemies of the country and the family, with constant fighting.

This time, the Yang Wu regime re-established the country and became the new Wu Kingdom, while Wu Yue and Li Tang were destroyed and annexed. This was a shock and recognition to the common people.

"Have you heard that Su Lang of Jiangzuo is not dead? He became the general of Wu State. He has already driven away the Song army and entered the city to take over Jinling."

"Of course I have heard about it. They have already come out to pacify the people. Even the Kingdom of Wuyue was destroyed by the Kingdom of Wu, and the southern cities of the Tang Kingdom also surrendered to the Kingdom of Wu."

"Then we will all be from Wu from now on."

"We used to be Yang Wu's people, but now we have returned to Wu, it's normal!"

"That's right, Li Tang's world was obtained from the Yang Wu regime and usurped power. Moreover, Li Tang failed to govern the country well in the past few decades. Not only did his strength decline, but he also launched wars against Wu, Yue, and Fujian indiscriminately, causing losses.

It’s a heavy burden and has increased the taxes on our people.”

The people talked a lot and were full of expectations to join the Kingdom of Wu, so they did not resist.

If it belongs to the Song Dynasty, the people will feel sad and hate the Song Dynasty for destroying the Tang Dynasty.

However, the Tang State was destroyed by the Song Dynasty and has nothing to do with the Wu State. Moreover, the Wu State was the previous master of the Tang State. It was Li Ming, the martyr ancestor of the Tang State, who usurped power and won the world in Jiangnan. Now the descendants of Yang Wu have re-established the country and are in charge of the land in the south of the Yangtze River.

, as it should be.

I have to say that the common people understand the truth very simply. Now the political power is equivalent to "returning to Zhao intact", and they all accept it.

In addition, Su Chen is very well-known in the Jinling area. When he was sent out last time, he was very helpless and the people were aggrieved for him. Now that he has returned to calm the people, the people are happy to accept it.

After Su Chen came out to pacify the people, he took the lead in maintaining order and stability, restraining the three armies, and not harassing or robbing the rich, powerful, ministers, and wealthy families in the city.

In addition, a temporary legal decree has been introduced to exempt all taxes this year, allowing the people in the city to live with peace of mind.

After all, the siege of Jinling City this year has made it difficult for the people in the city to do business, and there is no food cultivation outside the city, so there is not much profit at all. In the past, the taxes in the Southern Tang Dynasty were very heavy, and Su Chen planned to cancel this year's Jinling taxes in exchange for the support of the people and recuperation.

Sure enough, as soon as the decree came out, all the people in the city cheered, and their support for Su Chen became even higher.

Su Chen asked the merchants in the city to speed up the economic recovery. The East Market and West Market continued to operate. In response to the food shortage, they transported food from other places to meet the needs of the people.

Within a few days, Jinling returned to its former prosperity. Many people began to walk out of their houses and began to celebrate the survivors. They no longer had the past grief for the country's subjugation.

Now it is like returning to the power of Wu State, returning from the lost way, like a prodigal son turning back, but instead celebrating.

There is also a psychological war and propaganda war waged by Su Chen. He sent many people to spread news in Jinling City and advocate the illegality of Li Tang's usurpation of power. The land north of Jiangsu and south of Jiangsu was originally Yang Wu's territory, because Li Min became a powerful official.

After that, the descendants of Yang Wu were besieged, and later during the Li Jing period, they sent people to kill the descendants of Yang Wu's clan. It was really too much of a deception.

The genocide of Li Tang this time was indeed retribution. After this argument spread, many people gradually cherished the memory of Li Tang, and their pain was much relieved. They even felt that the Wu Kingdom was the orthodox one and deserved more sympathy.

"In the past few decades, we Jiangnan people have been tortured. If Li Min had not usurped power back then, maybe Yang and Wu would have unified the north and the south now."

"It is a pity that Yang Xingmi died young and his ambition was not fulfilled, and the great cause of unification was not realized."

"Su Chen is back. As a general of the Wu Kingdom, he will definitely strengthen the Wu Kingdom. We will become ordinary people again. This year, taxes will be fully paid. I heard that we will also open up the civil service, expand the imperial examination, and increase the promotion of scholars to serve as officials in the court.

The proportion of land tax levied on the common people will be less than half that of the Li and Tang Dynasties."

"If it's true, that would be great!"

Various discussions spread in the city, the three religions and nine streams began to spread, and many nobles and wealthy families felt more at ease.

At least facing Su Chen and the new Wu Kingdom was much better than facing the Song Kingdom in the north.

Many of the soldiers in the Northern Song Dynasty came from the Later Zhou Dynasty. Many of the soldiers recruited by Guo Wei, Chai Rong and others came from border military towns. There were also some Hu people and Qiang people who joined in. They were brave in fighting. However, once the city was broken, it was easy to rob homes, or rush into villages and kill people.

The men in the village pretended to be thieves, and the women and money were taken back and distributed among the army. This kind of thing is difficult to completely ban, because there are many people of Hu origin in the army, which is the nature of it.

Therefore, the people in the south are very afraid of the soldiers and soldiers in the north, thinking that they are tigers and wolves who kill without blinking an eye.

Counselor Xia Baosong asked Su Chen: "General Su, if we don't collect taxes, how will we solve the problem of food and salary for our army and salaries of our officials?"

Su Chen said: "This year there are more wars, rites and music are broken, people are displaced, people's hearts are unstable, taxes should not be too much, and many people have missed farming and autumn harvest. This year will be particularly difficult. Avoiding taxes can alleviate the people's pressure to survive.

It can also win the hearts and minds of the people.

"Of course, the imperial court has to continue its red policy endlessly. It will only waive taxes for this year and next year, and they will be issued and implemented according to Wu Lu's new policy. For the income in the second half of the year, we still have to rely on officials and merchants to sell some daily necessities such as salt and porcelain.

Give it to the common people and nobles in exchange for coins and materials in their hands, invigorate the market economy, and promote the circulation of goods and currencies. Only then can real profits be generated, and at the same time, people from each class can do their best to meet their needs for survival.

Required.”

After listening, Xia Baosong nodded slightly, feeling that listening to Su Chen's words was as good as reading ten years of books. Many new ideas and logic could solve practical problems, and he indeed had the talent to govern the country.

………

Yongning Temple.

On the edge of Jinling City, there is a nunnery where nuns gather. Because Princess Yongning became a monk, Li Yu gave it the name Yongning Nunnery.

Princess Yongning has fallen ill once due to the constant bad news these days, and is currently frail and depressed.

First, something happened to the man she admired and admired, Su Chen, and he was killed in Yangzhou, which was a huge blow to her. Then, the Song army invaded the country and the country was about to be destroyed, which made Yongning extremely worried. Later, she became a monk in a nunnery and watched the city of Jinling being destroyed, which made her heartbroken.

Within a few months, Grandmaster Li Tang was captured and headed north. He was attacked on the Yangtze River and his ship was bombed. All members of the Li family drowned and there were not many left. This made Yongning extremely sad and fell ill. His desire to survive was gone.

Faded.

There was a maidservant who served her as a monk. She went down the mountain to do some shopping recently and learned that the Wu army in Jinling City had entered the city and came out to pacify the people. She was surprised and ran back to report it.

"Princess, good news. Su Chen is not dead yet. He is now the general of the Wu Kingdom. He came to Jinling City and drove away the Song army that occupied this place. He drove out all the Song troops. The Tang Kingdom will belong to the new Wu Kingdom.

Already."

When Yongning heard the news, his eyes were full of shock, and then he showed a bit of joy. Su Chen was not dead. This news gave Yongning great comfort and sustenance.

"Ahem, Su Chen, he's not dead yet, he's back..."

Yongning struggled a few times and wanted to get up, but he was weak and sick and could not get up.

"Princess, you have to take care of yourself. In a few days, you will be able to see Mr. Su Chen again."

"My body is overly sad and my heart is depressed. I may not have much time left. I am satisfied if I can take a look at Mr. Su before I die. Last year, my brother sent him away to seek peace. It was our Southern Tang that felt sorry for him.

.Now that he is fine, I have no regrets about seeing him before he died..." After Yongning finished speaking, tears streamed down his cheeks and he kept coughing.

"Princess, please take care of yourself. Mr. Su is proficient in medical skills and will definitely be able to cure you, princess." The maid couldn't help crying and comforting her.

Yongning sighed and said: "Life and death are determined by fate. Wealth and honor are in heaven. You can't force it. No matter what the result is, if you can see Su Lang once, you will have no regrets even if you die."
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