Lu Bu’s Life Simulator

"My lord, you want me to listen to him!?" Hua Xiong looked at the young man in front of him, and looked at Lu Bu in disbelief.

"If you can completely solve the flood in Guanzhong, I will do whatever you want!" Lu Bu looked at Hua Xiong.

Hua Xiong: "..."

He couldn't, and didn't dare to let Lu Bu listen to him.

"I'm...dismounting...the horse..." Seeing Hua Xiong looking at him again, Ma Jun took a deep breath and saluted Hua Xiong.

"My lord... my lord, why is he talking like this!?" Hua Xiong's eyes widened, it was even more unbelievable, this can also be an official?

"A little bit of stuttering, it's okay, as long as you can do things." Lu Bu said a little embarrassed.

In this respect, Xiliang’s talent has a disadvantage compared to the Central Plains’ talents. In the Central Plains, as long as you look hard, you can always find talents. But in Xiliang, there are almost no water control talents like this, and Ma Jun is just He is good at craftsman and numerology, and has zero experience in water control. This is because Lu Bu drove the ducks to the shelves.

"Do your best, tell me if you need it." Lu Bu patted Hua Xiong on the shoulder.

"Ma Jun... see... see... the general!" Ma Jun had just finished his sentence, and his face was already red.

Hua Xiong looked at Ma Jun: "..."

Alright, what the lord said is the biggest.

"My lord, Li Meng came to ask me about the land tax two days ago..." Hua Xiong sighed, he could only accept this job, but turned to look at Lu Bu and said.

Lu Bu's land tax reform this time does not distinguish between the enemy and himself, including the generals under Lu Bu's command. This is also the reason why Lu Bu did not go to court during this period. He has to sort out these problems. First of all, he has to twist his strength into one Instead of dispersing, so as not to be taken advantage of by others, it will be difficult to deal with the Xiliang army's mutiny at this time.

Chang'an is currently guarded by Gao Shun to prevent any rebellion. The other generals were dispatched by Lu Bu to provide disaster relief, so that Lu Bu could talk to all the generals during this inspection.

"What do you think?" Lu Bu asked.

"Of course I listen to my lord." Hua Xiong said immediately.

"Of course you need to listen to me. I'm asking about the implementation of the land tax. Do you feel distressed?" Lu Bu asked.

Hua Xiong hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said: "That's for sure. Originally, the gang of scholars had poll tax in their hands, but it became land tax in our hands."

"There is no way to do this. If you want to convince the public, you must treat everyone equally. You tell Li Meng that the estates of the gentry that were confiscated this time will be distributed to them as compensation. Although they have paid more taxes, they also have more land. Is it?" Lu Bu looked at Hua Xiong and smiled.

"Then..." Hua Xiong still felt some pain in his flesh.

"Let's put it this way, your land used to be able to collect a hundred shi a year regardless of taxes, but now that you have more land, the original land is only 70 shi excluding taxes, but if you have more land, what you actually get is one hundred shi. One hundred and forty stones!" Lü Bu looked at Hua Xiong and said with a smile, "Do you still feel it's a loss?"

"Sixty stones are missing!?" Hua Xiong stared at Lu Bu with wide-eyed eyes in disbelief.

"..." Lu Bu looked at Hua Xiong, was speechless for a while, and said after a while: "Get lost!"

"Oh~" Hua Xiong scratched his head, turned and left.

Lu Bu rubbed his temples, and found that what he thought was a bit simple, the root of human nature is here, the joy brought to people will never be as great as the pain brought by loss, Hua Xiong's performance is the most direct, others hide in I don't want to say it in my heart, but this is the scariest thing.

Simply giving more land directly will definitely not work.

"Bo Yi." Lu Bu raised his head and looked at Jiang Xu.

"Master?" Jiang Xu bowed.

"You go there and invite Mr. Wen He." Lu Bu decided to leave this issue to Jia Xu to deal with, and to seek Jia Xu if there was something unresolved. Who let Lu Bu have such a decent counselor by his side?

After Jia Xu returned to Chang'an, he became a servant. Because he hadn't attended the court for a long time, many people even forgot that there was such a character as him.

"My lord!" Jiang Xu was about to leave when he saw Jiang Jiong coming in from the door, and said to Lu Bu, "A person came outside the door, begging to see the lord, he said he was an old friend."

"Old people?" Lu Bu frowned. He had too many old friends in Chang'an, including civil and military officials in the whole dynasty, but only two of them dared to come to him: "Hurry up."

"Here!" Jiang Jiong nodded in agreement, and left.

After a while, a thin scribe came in with a slightly stooped body, and saluted Lu Bu: "See Marquis Wen!"

"Wenyou? It really is you!" Lu Bu signaled Jiang Xu to find someone first, and Lu Bu would welcome someone in the future. It was Li Ru who had disappeared for a long time.

"It's rare that Marquis Wen still remembers me." Li Ru smiled wryly, his thin face was a little more tired, and he felt ten years older than before.

"What you said is a bit out of line. Things are complicated in Guanzhong now. Since Wen You is here this time, can you stay and help me?" Lu Bu looked at Li Ru and said sincerely.

Li Ru looked at Lu Bu seriously. He really came to join Lu Bu this time. He was unwilling to fail, and he also refused to vote for Lu Bu. There is no place for him in this world. No prince can tolerate him, except for relying on Lu Bu. His best result may be the old dead mountain forest!

This shouldn't be Li Ru's life.

After Lu Bu took Xiliang, he showed some signs of disrespecting Dong Zhuo and wanting to stand on his own. If Dong Zhuo survived, the two sides might start to plot against each other.

But these are all things in the past. With Dong Zhuo's death, there is no need to delve into many things.

"If Marquis Wen doesn't think Confucianism is useless, Confucianism is willing to do his best!" Li Ru bowed to Lu Bu.

"If you can get Mr., you will have no worries!" Lu Bu laughed, and his words were sincere. Although Jia Xu was there, Jia Xu was in a state of invisibility most of the time. If Lu Bu didn't ask, Jia Xu would never collapse most of the time. Half a word came out. In comparison, Li Ru's working attitude next to Dong Zhuo was like a real counselor.

"Confucianism sees the lord!" Li Ru saluted Lu Bu.

This time, Lu Bu did not budge, accepted Li Ru's worship, and then helped him up and said, "With Wenyou's help, the world can be settled!"

The two sat down separately and talked about Li Ru's whereabouts in the past six months. In fact, there was nothing to do. It's just that Li Ru sensed something was wrong in advance and hid. He worked for Dong Zhuo.

Later, in order to kill Dong Zhuo's remaining party, Wang Yun could be said to have scraped the ground. Fortunately, Li Ru prepared a lot of hiding places. In addition, Wang Yun's time in power was very short, so Li Ru successfully supported Lv Bu's arrival.

The two were talking, but they saw Jia Xu coming in under the leadership of Jiang Xu, and they were obviously taken aback when they saw Li Ru.

"This is Jia Xu, who is now an official servant." Lu Bu briefly introduced.

Li Ru nodded. He naturally knew about Lu Bu's exchange of ten horses for Jia Xu. He smiled and saluted Jia Xu, "It seems that brother Wen He must have amazing abilities to be valued by the lord!"

"My lord praises you, my lord misses you!" Jia Xu hastily returned the salute.

"Don't talk about that, it just so happens that Wen You is here, and I have something I want to ask you two." Lu Bu waved his hand, indicating that the two of them don't need to do these useless red tape, and started to get straight to the point, explaining the problems in the land tax reform and the two People say it again.

Lu Bu, an official in the court and a gentry in Guanzhong, can ignore them, but Lu Bu, a general and soldier in Xiliang, cannot ignore them.

"My lord is a wise man, why are you so confused today?" Jia Xu laughed when he heard this.

"Oh? Mister already has a plan?" Lu Bu's eyes lit up, and he looked at Jia Xu.

"Of course I don't, but Mr. Wenyou has been planning this matter for a long time, but my lord Wenxu asked the wrong person!" Jia Xu shook his head hastily.

Lu Bu looked at Li Ru. He remembered that this matter had troubled Dong Zhuo for a long time, and the land tax had not been implemented. He was not sure if Li Ru had it.

"Wonderful!" Li Ru clapped his palms and looked at Lu Bu and said, "My lord can understand people's hearts. In fact, 90% of this matter has been completed, and only the last 10% is missing!"

The most difficult part of the problem is that you can't find the idea. Once you clarify the idea, the problem has actually been solved for the most part.

"But I don't know how the last 10% will be?" Lu Bu asked in a deep voice with a happy expression on his face.

"It's still necessary to share the benefits, but not directly. Just like what the Lord and Hua Xiong said, they pay 30 shi tax on the original land, but as heroes, the court can set aside part of the official land and half of the official land What does my lord think about giving them the harvest as compensation?" Li Ru asked with a smile.

To put it simply, Lu Bu's original compensation plan was to directly reward the land, but the harvest in this land still has to be taxed, but now the land belongs to the court, but half of the harvest in this land will be given to you.

One is to collect taxes from the other party, and the other is to give them to the other party. The actual harvest of the other party is actually less, but psychologically, it is to take advantage of it.

"A brilliant plan!" Before Lv Bu could speak, Jia Xu who was on the side laughed and said, "I have heard for a long time that Mr. Wenyou is good at calculating people's hearts, but now it seems that it is true. With Mr. by my lord's side, my lord can rest easy!"

Li Ru looked at Jia Xu with some doubts. Usually when new and old advisers meet, shouldn't the old advisers confront each other in order to defend their position? The other party not only gave him the opportunity, but also sincerely praised him, which made Li Ru a little uncomfortable. What's the matter with this harmonious atmosphere?

Li Ru was ready for a fight with Jia Xu, but Jia Xu gave way to the end, making Li Ru, who had just voted for Lu Bu and was full of vigor, feel like he was punching the air.

Lu Bu had been with Jia Xu for a long time, so he knew what kind of temperament he was. After glaring at him, he looked at Li Ru and said, "Mr. is also well-known in the army. This time I am patrolling everywhere, please accompany me."

"My lord invites you, how dare Ru refuse?" Li Ru nodded and bowed.

Li Ru's active style of doing things made Lu Bu, who was used to Jia Xu's style, feel a sense of resentment for seeing each other late, and couldn't help but glance at Jia Xu.

Jia Xu naturally understood what Lu Bu meant, and smiled back. Lu Bu could feel a sense of relief from his face, and couldn't help sneering: Do you really think you can relax when Li Ru comes?

Jia Xu, who was thinking about what to have for dinner after going back tonight, shuddered inexplicably, and suddenly had a bad premonition that she had overplayed herself...