Picked up a copy of Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 488 Jianning Xiping
Luoyang Reading Library

Since Zhuge Liang took office, there have been great changes in the reading library. In the past, books were piled up on the files of the inner government. If someone wanted to read them, they had to go in and search one by one. It was extremely cumbersome, Zhuge Liang thought so If it is not appropriate, it will classify the books into categories such as farming and mulberry, laws, and calculations. Of course, there are also poems and prose, which belong to the category of politics.

Different books were classified and placed in different regions, and a single type of books was carefully divided. Perhaps he felt that sitting on his knees and reading was a bit tired, so he got a chair and a chair from Hongdu Menxue. The case was submitted to the Reading Library, and the previous classification was nothing more than that, but his act of getting the Hu chair was criticized by many scholars.

While cursing these barbarians, they sat comfortably and read books.

Zhuge Liang ignored them, and sat on the innermost floor to read books by himself, leaving the rest of the work to the small officials. Here, he came into contact with many books, many of which he had never touched, some of which he admired. There are some that he admires, and some that make him not very happy, but no matter what type, he will read it carefully and use it to accumulate.

"Mr. Zhuge, do you know where the "Monthly Order of the Four Peoples" is?"

"The seventh case of the Three Houses."

"Jun!!! Where is "Han Lv Guan Cai"?!?!?"

"There is still a second case in the house. If you say another word, I will call the guards and drive you out!"

"Mr. Zhuge, I'm looking for "Politics"."

Zhuge Liang raised his head and stood in front of him. Isn't it Cao Cao who is smiling?Zhuge Liang stood up and bowed. No matter what he thought of Cao Cao in his heart, Cao Cao was one of the three princes in the country, and the etiquette and laws on the surface must be followed. After he paid his respects, he said: "Cao Cao, the political theory has already been borrowed by others." , Cao Cao was a little puzzled, and asked, "Who is it?"

"It's down."

Cao Cao nodded and sat beside Zhuge Liang without saying much.

"Cao Gong, do you want to watch it first?"

"No, I have read it several times, and I always find the great wisdom of Cui Gong. Cui Gong's talent really makes me admire. It's a pity that I can't talk with him at night by candlelight." Cao Cao said. , Zhuge Liangliang nodded, and was about to speak, but someone beside him said: "That's not bad!!!!"

Zhuge Liang and Cao Cao were surprised and turned their heads away, but the man smiled awkwardly, lowered his head quickly, and continued to read.

"Mr. Zhang, if you say another word, you need to be rude."

Cao Cao said with a smile: "Even Cui Gong's disciples are so extraordinary!"

"Is Mr. Liu okay? Is there any news about him?" Cao Cao asked again.

"Master is still good, but there is no news from Jiaozhou. However, Yangzhou Governor remonstrated with the emperor, impeached Master, and said that the people of Yangzhou would die with Jiaozhou. Master refused to hand it over. I hope His Majesty will punish him severely."

"Hahaha, it seems that General Liu has managed Jiaozhou well. It's a pity that he is so talented, but he lives in a frontier fortress."

"Grand Duke Cao, compared to the ministers in the court who are boastful, it is not a pity that my master ruled the frontier and benefited one side." Zhuge Liang replied, Cao Cao knew he had made a slip of the tongue, and replied with a low voice: "Extremely." , Zhuge Liang didn't speak any more, and continued to read his book. Cao Cao was silent for a moment, sitting on the Hu chair, with a trace of tiredness appearing on his face.

"Kong Ming, if Liu Gong is still in the temple, will he support the New Deal?"

"He probably won't."

"Why?"

"Master doesn't like to argue with others."

"That's right" Cao Cao nodded, Zhuge Liang looked at Cao Cao in front of him, hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Mr. Cao, my teacher always said that things are named, no matter who you are or what you do, you have to do it with a certain name." It is done in the name and the more stalwart the name is, the smoother things will be."

"Oh?" Cao Cao was taken aback, looked at Zhuge Liang, and asked, "Do you think the New Deal is nameless? The New Deal is for the common people of the world, for the sake of thousands of people, why talk about being nameless?"

Zhuge Liang shook his head, lowered his head, and stopped talking.

Cao Cao looked at him for a long time, and suddenly came to his senses. He grinned, looked at Zhuge Liang meaningfully, and said in a low voice, "Thank you!" Afterwards, he left the reading room. Zhuge Liang still bowed his head, Looking at his book, he ignored Cao Cao.

Cao Cao walked out of the reading hall and returned to his mansion all the way. After that, he stayed behind closed doors for three whole days, not knowing what he was doing. On the fourth day, he walked out of the mansion and went directly to In the imperial palace, many people who followed his whereabouts were worried, for fear that he would come up with some way to target them again.

When he arrived at the palace, the guards immediately reported, and not long after, Huangmen came to pick him up.

When we arrived at the Hall of Houde, the emperor was dealing with the performances from various places.

Cao Cao stood at the door, the emperor did not raise his head, and said directly: "Sit!" Cao Cao sat in front of the emperor, the emperor was busy for a long time, then raised his head, sighed, looked at Cao Cao, and asked: "Why, the new policy Has there been any progress?"

"Your Majesty, I have come up with a strategy that may reduce the obstruction of the New Deal!"

"Oh? What policy?"

"Your Majesty, the scholars in the country oppose the new policy because the new policy harms their interests and prevents them from owning a large amount of arable land. However, they dare not say this clearly. They are all virtuous talents with high morals. How could they oppose the New Deal because of these things? There is only one reason for their opposition, and that is, the New Deal doesn’t value talented people.”

"They describe themselves as virtuous and talented, and use their ministers as abettors to instigate Your Majesty, and stay away from virtuous and treacherous people."

"And as long as His Majesty breaks their name, they can no longer object!"

"Oh? How to break it?"

"Naturally, it is necessary to reflect the temple's emphasis on and desire for talents. Earlier, I went to visit the old Sikong Yuan Gong. Yuan Gong once said that if the scholars do not object, one is famous and the other is beneficial. Now, I just realized it. !" Cao Cao said, the emperor frowned and motioned him to continue, Cao Cao said again: "Not long ago, I chatted with the emperor for a long time."

"Oh, what can that kid say!" The emperor heard Zhuge Liang, and his face was a little annoyed.

"Ah, Your Majesty, nowadays, there are more and more students in the world, and the Second North and South Schools are newly established. There are tens of thousands of students studying in Taixue and Menzixue. Lord, as long as there are students who enter the four universities, their agricultural tax will be reduced accordingly, and these students will be subsidized until their studies are over."

"This is benefit. Giving them benefits, at the same time, can demonstrate the temple's determination to value talents."

"In addition, for those scholars who have outstanding knowledge, they can give a plaque to their door. This is their name. They enjoy this honor, and they will definitely not have the intention to refute it."

"And the most important thing is that this can break their nonsense. They all say that the New Deal does not respect talents. His Majesty's order will make them speechless!"

Hearing this, the Son of Heaven had no joy on his face. He said, "Meng De. I implemented the new policy to limit the arable land of the aristocratic family and protect the common people. If we act like this, then the students will succeed the aristocratic family in the future and continue to annex Plowing the land, oppressing the people?"

"Your Majesty." Cao Cao paused, and said, "Even so, it will take thirty to forty years for the students to become popular. In these days, the new policy has already been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and it has become a foregone conclusion. At that time, we will find a way , to restrict these students, not to mention, now that government schools are everywhere, Liu Xuande is still busy with it. The number of students is gradually increasing. The privileges they have will definitely be shattered."

"Everyone in the world reads books, so who cares about farming and sang?"

"Your Majesty, farming and mulberry is not a cheap industry. The establishment of the official school, I want to copy and deliver a large number of agricultural books. In addition, I have to ask the great Confucianists to write such things as emphasizing agriculture. The children in the world have to study since childhood, not to mention reading and farming. On the contrary, although there are many students, there are only a few who are admitted to the official position, and the rest, if they don't want to starve to death with their books, they must work as farmers, so don't worry about it!"

Hearing what Cao Cao said, the emperor still had some hesitation on his face. He knew in his heart that the New Deal was an unprecedented innovation. If it could be successful, it would immediately change the general situation since ancient times. Every generation of kings was trying to restrict the big clan. When it comes to solving the problem of annexing land, some are more gentle and will negotiate with the big clan to get them to give up some cultivated land and hand it over to the common people, while some are more staunch and directly imprisoned by the party, arrested and executed!
There are also those who want to solve this problem through other methods, so they carry out large-scale farming to allow the common people to obtain arable land.

However, none of these can really solve the problem, because the emperor has noticed that most of the cultivated land reclaimed during the Jianning period has been quietly transferred to the hands of the big clans. Of course, they dare not resort to violence. It is through purchase. For example, the floods in Youzhou destroyed the arable land of the common people, and there was no harvest. The rich people exchanged grain for their arable land.

Among them, there are also those who obtained cultivated land forcefully by colluding with local officials. However, most of those who acted in this way were tyrants, not aristocratic families.

During the Jianning period, there were countless farmlands, and the common people had their own cultivated land. In less than ten years, these cultivated lands became the cultivated land of the great clans. This made the emperor very angry. The implementation of the New Deal fundamentally restricted If you live in a wealthy family, if you want to change this situation, as long as you succeed, your descendants will no longer have to worry about the wealthy family.

The emperor thought for a moment and said, "Okay, I will do as you said!!"

Cao Cao bowed his hands and left the palace.

Many people say that today's emperor is not a wise emperor, he is really irritable, not as calm as Emperor Xiaokang, nor has his heart. As a minister who has personally met Emperor Xiaokang, Cao Cao also has his own views on this. , It is indeed not as good as Emperor Xiaokang, but, today, he may not be regarded as a Mingjun!
Although the emperor had a violent temper, he was still very gentle to the people. Xiping's benevolent government far exceeded that of the Jianning period.

Although the Son of Heaven is not calm, he has a different kind of staunchness, which is different from the cautious Emperor Xiaokang. As the Son of Heaven, as long as he thinks it is a big deal, he will immediately implement it, regardless of how many ministers will object. In this regard, he is still extremely sensitive, and he can smell the advantages of some novel policies, and then implement them.

This is an emperor who doesn't like to be restrained. He can accept novel viewpoints and accept novel affairs.

Do you think Emperor Xiaokang would sit on a Hu chair to handle political affairs?

Can Emperor Xiaokang go all out to promote some novel things, and use the power of the whole country to build silk weaving machines, overturned cars and the like?
Cao Cao even felt that if Emperor Xiaokang saw his unprecedented performances, he would definitely find a doctor for him to see his brain disease, instead of letting himself deal with it with a wave of his hand like today.

Cao Cao thought about this, walked out of the palace, and stopped.

Turning around, facing the direction of the Hall of Houde, he possessed himself and bowed.

Perhaps, the emperor is not reckless.

But this big man needs a reckless emperor today.

Only in this chaotic situation can they forcibly cut a way out.

(End of this chapter)