Picked up a copy of Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 144 Xun You's Strategy

The monarch and his ministers talked very happily, and Xun You's honesty really made the little fat man very happy.

Xun You's words made him a little excited, or he was complacent, thinking about how huge the family used to be, with disciples and old officials all over the world, but now, he still needs to send out his family's children to flatter him, for fear that he will To destroy his family, hey, the little fat man can really do it now, the tens of thousands of troops who have just returned to the capital, Duan Jiong, who is sharpening their knives, can't they destroy several aristocratic families?
And in the past, as in the time of Emperor Xiaohuan, it would not work to force the emperor to resign. Do you want to resign?Okay, there just happen to be hundreds of Tai students without official positions!

The two chatted for a long time, and the little fat man paid more and more attention to this young capable minister. After a long time, Xun You said, "There is something I want to report to the country." The little fat man smiled and nodded. He raised his head and said, "Let's talk." Xun You straightened his body, his face solemn, and he said, "From Yanzhou to Luoyang, I saw a lot of reclaimed land in the villages, and officials from all over the country rushed to reclaim it. "

"It's just that the officials do this to increase the cultivated land. What they do is more for political achievements. There are not enough people in the local area, and the cultivated land has increased greatly, and there is no people to cultivate it carefully. I am afraid that money will be wasted in vain, but it will not play a role. Liangzhou, Yongzhou, Bingzhou, and Youzhou are even more so, these areas are sparsely populated, and tens of thousands of hectares of arable land have been opened up, who will cultivate it?"

Hearing what he said, the little fat man's face became a little more serious, and he frowned. If he just reclaimed the cultivated land without personnel to cultivate it, wouldn't it be a waste of these fields?How much money did the imperial court spend on cultivating land? If there is no corresponding harvest, how can it be done?He asked again: "Why didn't I know about this?" Xun You hesitated, hesitating and saying nothing.

The little fat man waved his hand and said, "Just speak up."

Only then did Xun You say: "Your Majesty lives in the deep palace, and you must be ignorant of the feelings of the outside world. Officials of the old party have proposed to Your Majesty many times about these matters, but Your Majesty"

"Hehe, it's just that I indulged the new party too much, so I ignored it, didn't I?"

Xun You didn't speak, but the little fat man knew that he meant it. The matter of Mintun is the foundation of the country. Since the third year of Jianning, up to now, tens of millions of hectares of cultivated land have been added, and the national cultivated land has reached an unprecedented nearly 8000 hectares. Fatty has always been proud of the huge scale of tens of thousands of hectares, and the officials in Mintun are all confidant officials promoted by Fatty himself, and they are the foundation to fight against these aristocratic families.

Most of the hosts are also traitors among the "ten thieves" of the imperial party.

The little fat man really didn't think about it, there is such a thing, Xun You said: "Your Majesty, I suggest that lands with many household registrations such as Ji, Yan, Qing, and Xu can still be vigorously cultivated. These states and counties have many household registrations. According to my view, more than [-] farmlands can be opened up in various places, and the cool, beneficial, thorny, secluded, and merged lands, I hope that your majesty can stop the reclamation and let the people cultivate carefully, and the officials should not be famed."

"En" the little fat man nodded.

"In addition, Your Majesty, Yangzhou has subdued 60 mountain people, and the prince will personally administer it. I am afraid that it will become a rich and large state in the future. Since Yangzhou is fine, why not the rest?"

"In Bingzhou and Youzhou, there are still hundreds of thousands of Huns who live by themselves. They don't know how to farm. The weather has been extremely cold recently and the animal husbandry is weak. I'm afraid it will cause disasters in the border areas. The emperor may Scatter these people, send them to Hebei, You, Hebei and other places, teach them the methods of farming, and participate in the cultivation. If these hundreds of thousands of Huns can be settled in various states and places, they will not be harmful to the world, let alone the Xiongnu descended. It has been a long time, and within a few decades, these tribes are no different from the local people!"

The little fat man frowned and said nothing.

Xun You also said: "The other is Liangzhou. The land of Liangzhou is not suitable for farming, but there are pastures around it for grazing. Why don't your majesty move the pro-Han and Qiang to Liangzhou, so that they and the frontiers can graze for the Han and domesticate cattle and horses. General Zhang, these Qiang people are not to be feared. There are also many barbarians in Yizhou and Jingzhou. If His Majesty dares to use these people, the household registration in various places will be greatly increased, and the newly added cultivated land will also be large. The people have cultivated it."

The little fat man listened for a long time before he asked: "If this is the case, I'm afraid it will cause chaos in the future. If you teach these people the skills of farming, what if they gradually become stronger in the future?" Xun You shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, As for the Xiongnu, Man, Wuhuan, etc., Your Majesty can adopt the strategy of separating them and settle them separately and divide them into dozens of shares, which will be harmless. What's more, these people are brave, and they only live in the fields because they are good at shooting good horses. farming"

Xun You didn't say anything more, the little fat man frowned, thinking, if he could use these people, it would definitely increase the national power again, but he was still a little apprehensive in his heart, it's better not to act rashly in this matter, the surrounding Qiang, Xianbei, Still on the verge of making a move, it is better to do this method after destroying these foreign enemies, otherwise, if it causes turmoil in the country, the consequences will be unbearable!
Seeing that the little fat man didn't say yes, Xun You was not angry either. He smiled and said, "Since the country doesn't want it, I have another plan. I hope His Majesty will abolish the marriage tax and increase the male tax. Most of the miscellaneous taxes, in this way, can also increase the household registration and cultivate the arable land, but it will take some time." The little fat man thought for a while, but still felt that this method was better, he nodded, Said: "That's all right."

Xun You put forward many ideas, and the little fat man listened to them one by one. Xun You used his talent to successfully make the emperor value him. He was Yilang, but Xun You was too young to be Yilang, so he gave up, and Xun You received great love from the emperor, which also made Xun Jian relax.

In this way, even if some catastrophe happens to the Xun family in the future and it faces destruction, there will be Xun You alone who can continue the Xun family and will not perish.

This is the real purpose of his dispatch of Xun You, not for self-protection, but to leave a root behind. They can continue to reproduce, and the family will not be wiped out because of a disaster.

Then, it is a very important matter. He wants to hold a naming ceremony in the near future. The newborn eldest son of the emperor will have his own name. Come here and participate in the family banquet, and many ministers who are close to the emperor have obtained this qualification, Qiao Xuan, Wen Renxi, Xing Ziang, Yuan Feng, Cai Yong, Cui Shi, Yang Qiu, Zhang He, Dong Zhuo, Duan Jiong, Lu Zhi, etc. wait.

Of course, if Zhang Huan and Wang Fu were not in the capital, the emperor did not call again.

(End of this chapter)