Picked up a copy of Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 479
The dusk in Luoyang is very spectacular.

The afterglow of the setting sun made the whole sky look yellowish. There were not many pedestrians on the street. The curfew order prevented them from stopping to enjoy this charming scenery. Cao Cao was different. Surrounded by the guards, Cao Cao Riding a steed, driving slowly, the horse's hooves made a crisp sound, Cao Cao raised his head and looked at the sunset in the sky.

Cao Cao got off his horse, looked at the mansion in front of him, and smiled. When he was young, he used to play here countless times. He played with two friends all day long. When he committed a crime, he hid in the mansion. This is the Yuan Mansion. , However, it is not Sikong Yuan Shu's mansion, but the former Sikong Yuan Fengzhi's mansion. Compared with the newly built Sikong Mansion, Yuan Mansion is still more refined, as can be seen from the yellowish copper handle on the door, which makes Yuan Mansion It looks more of an ancient sense of vicissitudes.

The soldiers stepped forward to knock on the door, and soon, a servant came out.

Most of the servants here have been with Yuan Feng for a long time, some of them are old.

"You are." The old man looked at Cao Cao in front of him. He looked familiar, but he couldn't recognize him.

"Hahaha, Mr. Chen, I am Ah Man, Cao Ah Man!"

"Ah!!" The old man suddenly remembered, and couldn't help grinning, "Haha, you have a beard, come to my young master, he's not here"

"I'm here to pay homage to Yuan Gong."

"Come to pay respects to the Patriarch. Alright, I'll report to you."

Not long after, the old man came out again and led Cao Cao in. The soldiers stayed around and did not go in together. Cao Cao led by him to the study in the inner courtyard and let Cao Cao go in alone.

After entering the room, he saw Yuan Feng lying on the bed, pillowed on a soft mat, and there was a servant standing beside him.

"Fuck, see Yuan Gong!"

Yuan Feng woke up with a start and struggled to get up. The servants at the side stepped forward to help him. Cao Cao said, "Mr. Yuan, you don't have to get up and lie down!" , He still wanted to kneel and sit on the ground, but Cao Cao refused again. Finally, he sat on the bed, and Cao Cao knelt and sat in front of him.

"Ah, how about your father when you come?"

"Go back to Yuan Gong, my father is still good."

"Well, that's right. These days, I heard from Erlang that you have tormented all the officials in the court. Why, after tossing them, you came to trouble this old man?"

"Don't dare, don't dare."

"Finally, what's the matter with you looking for the old man?"

"Yuan Gong, I don't need to say more about the New Deal. Yuan Gong knows it in his heart. I implement the New Deal. There is a lot of resistance. The local rich people are especially resistant, and the local officials should not follow. They are arguing, so they can't implement it, and Yuan Gong's virtue is highly respected by Yuan's family members and former officials, and they are all over the world, if Yuan Gong can help one or two, I will be very grateful!"

Yuan Gong raised his head, looked at Cao Cao in front of him, looked at him for a long time, and asked in amazement: "Everyone in the Yuan family opposes your new policy, yet you ask me to help you? Don't you think I'm a fool?"

"That's not the case, Mr. Yuan will definitely help me!"

Cao Cao said solemnly.

Yuan Feng smiled lightly, shook his head, and asked, "Why do you think I will help you?"

"It's just because Duke Yuan was chosen by the prince!"

"Your Majesty, an invincible minister, in his life, he is the only one who has recommended Duke Yuan."

"Whether the New Deal is good or bad, Mr. Yuan can see through it."

As Cao Cao said, Yuan Feng's face gradually became serious. He closed his eyes and didn't speak. Cao Cao didn't ask questions, but just looked at him calmly. Yuan Feng said slowly: "Your main purpose is not to increase the source of taxation. .You want to limit the aristocratic families and prevent them from annexing too much land, right? As long as the new policy is implemented, the aristocratic families who continue to accumulate cultivated land will not be able to bear this serious tax."

"indeed so."

"Then do you know that my Yuan family is the family with the largest land?"

"Naturally, we know that the fifth generation and the third father of the Yuan family have countless arable lands, many children, former disciples and old officials, all over the world. If there is no new policy, after Dalang Erlang, the Yuan family will naturally become even bigger. It cannot be said that the arable land can be compared with the Tian family. At that time, the Son of Heaven will definitely be very happy, seeing the prosperity of the Yuan family, the Son of Heaven will not be able to tell, but will reward him specially, what do you think?"

Yuan Feng's hands trembled, and he glanced at Cao Cao.

"That's right, when the relationship between the emperor and Erlang is so close, and the eldest son of the emperor is Erlang's disciple, rewards are naturally indispensable."

Cao Cao nodded, and said: "Yes, Erlang is so close to the Son of Heaven, as close relatives, he may be able to serve as a general in the future, with a golden armor and a sword."

"Okay. After all, how do you want the old man to help you?"

Cao Cao smiled and said, "I hope Duke Yuan can speak out and support the New Deal."

Yuan Feng shook his head, "No, no, even though the local officials will no longer resist because of my thin face, they can't cure the root cause, they just force it to last for a while."

"Then..." Cao Cao frowned, obviously not having a good plan.

Yuan Feng looked at him and said: "Meng De, one person cannot be an enemy of the world. If you want to implement the New Deal, you need someone to support it. It is not enough just to have the support of the people. You have to find a way to make the family I support you, even if it is only a small part of it. I know that you are arrogant and unwilling to compromise, but if you are too rigid, you will be easy to break, rigid and flexible, and this is the way."

"How do I get support?"

"It's nothing more than two kinds, fame or fortune."

Cao Cao wanted to ask more carefully, but Yuan Feng waved his hand and said, "I'm tired, so I don't need to ask any more." He sighed, and said, "You have been friends with Dalang Erlang since childhood." He also wanted to say What, but still stopped, with the support of the servants, he lay down on the bed again, Cao Cao got up, bowed, and then left the Yuan Mansion.

Walking on the road, Cao Cao was still thinking hard. It is really not easy to win over these big clans. From the aspect of name, how should we start?Canonization and commendation?No, if traitors like myself are commended, they will not think it is a glorious thing, but will take it as a humiliation. Cao Cao knows this in his heart.

Still have to let the emperor do it.

As for the benefits, it is much simpler, such as lowering or even exempting some of their miscellaneous taxes, they must be extremely happy, or, as long as they let those who pass the scientific merit be exempted from taxes, a large number of people will come Support yourself, but if this is the case, the number of officials who will pass the science examination will gradually increase in the future, but it will do great harm to the big man.

Or, make compensation in disguise?
The DPRK and China are still arguing about this.

However, at this time, Liu Mo had just arrived in Yinglou County of Jiaozhou. This is the seat of Jiaozhou. For the state, after Liu Mo arrived in Yinglou County, he didn't rest, and started to get busy, devoting himself to the political affairs of Jiaozhou.

First of all, it is necessary to build roads so that Jiaozhou can better communicate with the surrounding counties and counties and carry out trade. Jiaozhou produces a large amount of timber, salt and iron, and everything is available. Liu Mo personally led the people to start building roads. For Jiaozhou, he has countless plans in his heart. First, let Jiaozhou communicate with the surrounding counties and counties, and then eliminate the beasts in the counties and counties and develop the mountains and forests.

Build ports, build large ships, and start foreign trade just like Yangzhou.

He is working hard every day without a moment's rest. This appearance has inspired many officials. It seems that Jiaozhou has ushered in the dawn of revitalization!
The eunuchs from all over the country, such as Gu Yong, Yuan Hui, Xu Jing, Cheng Bing, Liu Xi, Xu Ci, etc., all helped with all their strength.

Cao Cao's decree was also passed on to him. There are not many aristocratic families in Jiaozhou, and the administration is in Jiaozhou, so the resistance is still very small. Gao, most of the poor people were very happy when they learned that there was no need to pay taxes. Liu Mo then issued an order, and the people rushed to complete it.

After him, Cheng Yu, governor of Ningzhou, began to implement the New Deal.

First of all, it was resisted by most people, especially in the Sanhan area. The original nobles of Sanhan here own a lot of land. How could Cheng Yu be allowed to take away their land?It is a crazy counterattack against the New Deal.

At first, Cheng Yu didn't take any measures against these opponents. He just advised them that this was an order from the temple and must be implemented. These people didn't take Cheng Yu's words to heart and continued to resist. After a week, Cheng Yu Yu personally led the soldiers from the prefectures and counties to the Sanhan area. In one night, he cooperated with the Sanhan commander Tian Feng to arrest the upper and lower opponents, confiscated their land, and distributed it to the people.

Cheng Yu blatantly beheaded all these opponents, leaving none behind.

This kind of behavior made the whole Ningzhou tremble with fear. No one thought that this pale-faced weak scribe was actually such a murderer. Afterwards, he went to Shangxiagao County and cooperated with the two eunuchs here. Kuai Yue and Min Chun also ruled Shangxiagao County a lot. As for Dongyi, he didn't go there, and Liu Bei managed it very well there.

Ever since, with the efforts of this powerful governor, Ningzhou followed closely and became the second state to implement the New Deal in an all-round way.

In the remaining states, several counties also appeared and began to implement the New Deal.

These areas can be implemented, but most of them are due to the orders of the prefects here. The prefects are different from the governors. The prefects have military and political jurisdiction over the localities. , including Zang Hong, the prefect of Nanyang, Yuan Huan, the prefect of Beihai, Liang Mao, the prefect of Wuwei, Zhong Yao, the prefect of Hanzhong, Feng Ji, the prefect of Nanpi, Guo Tu, the prefect of Jiangxia, etc.

The reason why they are willing to implement it is not to support Cao Cao. They acted in this way because of the order of the emperor. Since the emperor ordered, no matter whether they support it in their hearts, they are willing to implement it. This is to obey the order of the emperor, not to support it. Cao Cao!
The implementation situation in other areas is not good, and there is chaos in many places. The officials don't know how to collect taxes, and the people don't know how to pay. Every step is difficult, unable to act.

The 12th year of Xiping, July
The emperor once again issued an order to require officials from all over the country to implement the New Deal, collect taxes with the New Deal, and cooperate with the officials sent by the temple, and those who violated it will be severely punished!
After receiving the warning from the Son of Heaven, no matter how dissatisfied the officials were, they could only grit their teeth and implement it. After all, if they disobeyed orders and disrespected them, it would be like rebellion. Cao Cao ordered them before, and they could say that Cao Cao They are treacherous ministers, so they disobeyed, but the emperor who gave the order now disobeyed the emperor's orders, which is a serious crime, and they did not dare to try.

Although the emperor's move was to force the implementation of new policies in various places, he also put himself on the table. If something happened, it would be inappropriate to just deal with Cao Cao.

The emperor knows this very well, but he has to act in this way. If the officials are allowed to drag on, this year's taxes will be completely chaotic, and even a huge deficit will appear in the national treasury. Unfavorable, therefore, he can only come forward in person, and let the new deal be implemented after tearing his face. Wait for a while, and the first results of the new deal will emerge. At that time, he can find a way to hide himself.

(End of this chapter)