Picked up a copy of Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 412
After Cao Cao became the chief minister, he was not as low-key as he was in the temple. He knew that only by letting the emperor see his ability and talent can he stabilize his position in the court. The emperor asked him to replace Zheng Xuan , just wanting to be able to bring some things that the veterans couldn't do, Yuan Feng also valued him very much.

Although the relationship between Yuan Feng and Cao Song has not been eased, Yuan Feng still chooses to trust and support this extremely talented young man in front of him. With the support of the emperor and Yuan Feng, Cao Cao let go of his hands and feet. When he was in Sanhan, he displayed his outstanding talents, but in Sanhan, as the minister of the frontier, he still did not let go of his hands and feet, for fear of causing misunderstanding.

But when he came to this temple, he didn't have such restraints. He had no military power in his hands, and he didn't have any influence. Three days after he took office, he proposed three reforms for the disadvantages of the farming system. ", in the table, he pointed out the disadvantages of the previous farming system, from the gradual disappearance of the people's enthusiasm for farming, from the innovation of farming tools, and the obstruction of the tyrants to the farming system.

First of all, the common people no longer had the enthusiasm for land reclamation as before. In the early years of Jianning, the great Han had very little arable land, and most of it was in the hands of powerful families, which led to the extreme poverty of the common people. With a wave of the Emperor Xiaokang's hand, Ordering to garrison the fields resulted in countless new arable lands in the world. At the same time, a large number of tyrants were pulled out and moved to the frontier.

The grain production in several states in the Central Plains has continued to increase. Up to now, after more than 20 years of cultivation, every household owns land, and there are strict laws against powerful families from annexing their land. Therefore, the people have lost their original enthusiasm. As a result, the amount of reclaimed cultivated land has decreased year after year, and even the position of Tuntian Zhonglang, who was originally in charge of farming, has gradually lost his original status.

Regarding this point, Cao Cao believed that temples paid too much attention to Yan, Yu, Qing, Ji and other prefectures, but ignored the border states. In these large prefectures, there are more arable lands that can be cultivated than in the Central Plains. Now, the goal of development should be Putting it in the frontier areas, in addition, raising the status of grain production in the performance review of officials can encourage officials to pay more attention to the development of cultivated land.

For those outstanding areas, temples should also have rewards. In addition to rewards, if someone abandons farmland, they should also be punished. This regulation should be incorporated into the Han law. Cao Cao put forward many ideas, and he planned to do so within four years. , Let the arable land in Bingzhou, Youzhou, Sanhan, Jingzhou, Yangzhou, and Yizhou catch up with the Central Plains, allowing Dahan to make great progress in agriculture.

The second point, that is, in terms of farming technology, Cao Cao believes that to promote agricultural books on a large scale, he also hopes that temples can gather agricultural talents and write new agricultural books. New agricultural tools, the use of such new agricultural tools should also be written in agricultural books. In addition, for different regions, there must be different methods to increase the output of agricultural products!
These two points, of course, made the emperor and all the officials extremely agree. At the same time, they also recognized the ability of this farmer, but when it came to the third point, all the officials couldn't laugh anymore. Cao Cao believed that the current powerful The ethnic group is still the main obstacle to the development of the local land. Although the temples have restricted them on the cultivated land, they still hide a large number of servants and tenants, which should be investigated.

He believes that for local tyrants, there must be restrictions on their slave tenants, and the number must be reported to the temple, otherwise they will be severely punished. For the aristocratic family, he also made corresponding restrictions. After the submission of this innovation law, all the officials immediately boiled over.

Isn't your Cao family a big and powerful family?How come face ah?
Before submitting the submission, Cao Cao reported the number of servants and tenants of the Cao family to the temple to show his innocence. After reading his proposal, the emperor was very happy and allowed him to reform in the field, and the mighty reform began From mobilizing the enthusiasm of the people, to the agitation and punishment of officials, to the promotion and use of new farm tools, to the compilation of agricultural books, to the protection of the people's cultivated land.

And, restrictions on the tenants and servants of the tyrants.

The most hateful thing is that after Cao Cao promulgated the new policy in early May, the punishment began fifteen days later, that is, the powerful were not given a chance to react or even think. Severe punishment was imposed on Cao Cao, and Cao Cao was never polite to tyrants, just like when he was Prime Minister of Jinan in the past, he vigorously eradicated local tyrants, making the place clear and the officials afraid.

At the same time, the aristocratic family was naturally hit hard. In less than a few months after the prince passed away, Cao Cao succeeded in taking over his position and became a big traitor in the hearts of all officials. The manpower-empty north and south have sent hundreds of thousands of farmers. He wants to complete the goal of agricultural revitalization of You, Jing, He, Xin, Sanhan, Jing, Yang, Yi, and Kyushu within four years. human base.

At the same time, Cao Cao also carried out a policy of encouraging immigration to border areas. The distribution of population in the Central Plains states where the people are concentrated is extremely unreasonable. Wanting to leave, Cao Cao could only try his best to encourage the frontier fortress to settle in, and even criminals in many areas were taken to the frontier fortress by him for reclamation.

"Your Majesty, please cook Cao Mengde~~~"

Baiguan cried.

The emperor looked at the officials and laughed in his heart, but his expression remained unchanged. He frowned, looked at Cao Cao, and said, "Mr. Cao, I see that the officials are in such pain. During the reform, what harm did the people suffer?"

Cao Cao got up, walked to the center, and said: "Your Majesty, the people have not been harmed. They were overjoyed and worshiped Luoyang. However, among the officials, many people hid slaves and tenants privately, and they were found out by the ministers, so this is the case. .”

"Oh?" The emperor looked at the officials suspiciously.

The officials lowered their heads, gritted their teeth, and said nothing.

"Mengde is worried. The officials in the temple are all talented people who love the country and the people. How can they do something wrong that harms the people and the country? I can trust the officials, and Mengde will not look for them again in the future. Trouble." The Son of Heaven said solemnly, the officials were grateful and thanked him quickly, Cao Cao also said he obeyed, and returned to his position.

This time, Cao Cao gave the emperor an unexpected surprise. He still looked respectful, sitting behind Yuan Feng with his head down. The relationship between the Yuan family and the emperor was very close. The family also caused a blow, but for Yuan Feng, being able to follow the emperor is more useful than some tenants and servants. Their Yuan family is the second to support Cao Cao.

Then came the Xun family, the Chen family, the Yang family, the Sima family and other aristocratic families.

If you have this opportunity to be closer to the emperor, the price is only to pay some servants, so why not do it?

Even if there are restrictions, there are many ways for the rich to deal with them. Separating households and families to minimize the harm of restrictions will not hurt their foundation. Even if Menzixue is established, among the two universities, the family Children still accounted for nearly [-]% of the family. Emperor Xiaokang restricted the family, but he did not give up on reusing them. This is still the case today.

Yuan Feng was protecting Cao Cao. Together with Xing Ziang, he suppressed the impeachment of many ministers and the planned revenge. The ministers did not dare to oppose Yuan Feng. However, Cao Song was out of luck. Within a few days, he was found out by the officials for many mistakes, ranging from his etiquette mistakes when receiving the Guishuang envoys to his subordinates accepting bribes from Chenla to inform the navy of the situation and so on.

Cao Song couldn't find anyone to protect him. In the face of such a large number of faults, the emperor could not protect him. He was already prepared in his heart to retire and return to his hometown. Qing, no ministers around him dared to approach him.

The emperor discussed with the ministers for a while about the cultivated land in the frontier area.

"His Majesty."

Cui Shi slowly walked out from the group of officials. He is now a Situ. Regarding Cao Cao's actions, although the Cui family has also suffered a blow, he has no resentment at all. The group of officials hope that he can be the master and suppress him. Cao Cao, but Cui Shi has not expressed any words until now, and it has always been quiet in the temple.

Nowadays, many people call him "not for Situ".

Seeing Cui Shi get up, the emperor was a little puzzled and asked, "Can Situ have a performance?"

Cui Shi nodded and said: "Your Majesty, the world is peaceful now, and there is no war outside." He spoke slowly, and when he talked about the matter of guarding soldiers, the officials had a vague guess in their hearts. Could it be that Situ wanted to abolish the frontier army? ?This will kill the Taiwei, Situ is going to fight the Taiwei?The officials looked at him suspiciously.

Cui Shi changed his words, and suddenly said: "I have thought for a long time, if all the soldiers on the border will be turned into garrison camps, and the areas such as Liangwai, Hewai, Jiaowai, Yiwai and other areas will be reclaimed. It's more convenient."

Before him, during the period of Emperor Xiaokang, there was a saying of military settlements, both in the Western Regions and Youzhou. However, they were half-farming, and they still had to practice and still serve in the army, but they also farmed at the same time. Now, Cui Shi But they want all the hundreds of thousands of border guards around the Han Dynasty to be used for farming. These border guards are usually served by the people in the village, and they often last for one to three years.

On weekdays, they maintain the frontier city walls, defend the city, etc., and they cannot go out to attack the enemy.

The emperor frowned, thought for a long time, nodded, and said, "This matter can be discussed by all the ministers."

Cui Shi's move did not cause any harm. On the contrary, it was in line with the intention of the ministers to reduce the army. They were afraid that Zhang Wen would continue to encourage the emperor to start unnecessary wars. Immediately, the ministers agreed, and the emperor ordered Xing Ziang to take charge of the matter. , and then ordered the end of the court meeting.

When Cao Cao walked out of the palace, several ministers looked at him angrily, with unkind faces, Cao Cao smiled, lowered his body, and wore shoes, and one of them said with a smile: "Mr. Cao is very majestic now. If Fei Tinghou is still here today, I'm afraid I'm overjoyed that he will be honored in the future."

Cao Cao turned his head and saw that it was Shangshu Wang Yun. At first, Wang Yun thought that he could take over the position of Zheng Xuan, but unexpectedly, Cao Cao took over. This made Wang Yun feel unhappy. Unexpectedly, now, Cao Cao reformed without authorization, and Wang Yun's family was also severely injured. Several clansmen were taken into the embroidered clothes prison, which made Wang Yun hate Cao Cao very much.

"Hahaha, it turned out to be Wang Yun Wang Shangshu!"

"What Wang Shangshu said is not bad. If my grandfather is still alive, I will be happy."

Cao Cao said with a smile, his face was not angry at all, and even towards the ministers in front of him, his expression was extraordinarily gentle. Seeing Cao Cao's appearance, Wang Yun sneered and said nothing, but Cao Cao continued: "Wang Shangshu, Meng De has a puzzle, and really wants to ask the Shangshu for advice. I don’t know, the Shangshu can solve the puzzle?”

"Oh, but it doesn't matter!"

"After the eunuchs, they live in the temple, but after the wise men, they are in the embroidered prison. Mengde is really puzzled. Please tell me, the current government, is it clear or not?"

"This... this..." Wang Yun opened his mouth, but snorted coldly, and left angrily with his sleeves waved.

"Hahaha~~~" Cao Cao laughed loudly, but ignored the ministers around him and left proudly.

"Letter of the Day of the Resurrection King!"

The ministers scolded viciously, but they couldn't do anything to him. Cao Cao, like Wang Fu, did things that ordinary people would not dare to do for his own ambition. Ministers, in his eyes, ministers are all stinky maggots who get into the eyes of money, baboons with knives, and the like.

Cao Cao is different, Cao Cao is extremely respectful in the temple, and he acts extremely quickly. He does not care about these ministers like Wang Fu. He will regard these ministers as enemies, not baboons. Such Cao Cao, although there is no The prince is so hateful, but it makes all the officials feel threatened.

Obviously, Cao Cao is a more difficult enemy than Wang Fu. When Cao Song was hit, Cao Cao also took some actions to counterattack. His way of counterattack is also extremely simple. Treat Zhang Yun and Zhang Jian
Of course, at the banquet, he did not carry out any conspiracy, and the Huangmen were also monitoring them. They simply drank and discussed the matter of adding the crime of ineffective farming to the Han law. However, this move, after Cao Cao deliberately revealed it , But it made all the officials panic. Could it be that these three thieves are going to join forces and try to murder us talented people?

In their haste, they naturally chose to attack Zhang He, Zhang Jian, and Cao Cao at the same time. As always, they found out their mistakes and impeached them. For example, Zhang He appointed a thief as an official, Zhang Jian released the criminal privately, and Cao Cao vigorously appointed his close relatives , Cao Ren, Cao Hong, and Xiahou were officials in Sanhan, etc., and they impeached them.

Little did they know that their actions touched the emperor's wariness. Zhang He and Zhang Jian are the two sharp swords of the emperor, and they are also the most important procuratorial and judicial positions. What do you want to do to impeach these two places so frantically? ?

Not long afterward, they welcomed Zhang Yun who came smiling.

"I heard, you want to impeach me?"

At this time, the ministers suddenly thought of the prince again, it is better to be the prince, the prince will never attack them.
After all, in the eyes of the prince, they are all a group of maggots, baboons, there is no need for the prince to make trouble with livestock, right?
(End of this chapter)