Picked up a copy of Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 489
The 13th year of Xiping, May
The emperor promulgated the new policy based on Cao Cao's memorial, but in the court meeting, this memorial was not made by Cao Cao, because Cao Cao knew in his heart that if he made these memorials, the scholars would not understand his good intentions. Instead, they may resist accepting these rewards, and take it as a privilege to face treachery head on and not be bribed by it.

Therefore, in the court meeting, these matters were proposed by Situ Luzhi.

Although Lu Zhi didn't support the New Deal very much, he would not object to the emperor's orders, not to mention that the emperor's orders are still the actions of a wise king, and he will definitely support such a wise move. After Situ Shangzuo, the emperor naturally agreed, and all the officials were very surprised by this, and they all hurriedly looked at Cao Cao's expression.

They originally thought that Cao Cao would be extremely annoyed by Lu Zhi's actions, and even argued with Situ face to face. However, Cao Cao was not as they thought. He always looked calm and confident. The appearance made the ministers feel even more disgusted.

Afterwards, the decree began to be implemented, because only the students who studied in the four universities can get the corresponding tax reduction. Therefore, the implementation of the decree is not very complicated. It is only necessary to call out the directory of the university and make statistics. Ling is still of great benefit to the aristocratic family, because the number of aristocratic children studying in the academy is the most.

And for each additional person, they can get the corresponding benefits of tax reduction.

Therefore, no one objected to this decree, and it was spread as quickly as possible, and the students who benefited the most, as well as their clans, were extremely happy, and praised the emperor's emphasis on talents, as well as the virtues of Lord Situ .

In just two months, the opposition to the New Deal has been much smaller, because the taxes of the aristocratic families have been reduced to a certain extent because of these students. In addition, the temple has already shown its respect for talents At the same time, they have lost their status. They can no longer attack the New Deal in the name of the temple not valuing talents.

Of course, another plaque, the so-called medal for outstanding students, was also proposed by Lu Zhi and implemented quickly.

As Cao Cao thought, most of the aristocratic families, and even the high school students, no longer criticized the New Deal. Although they were not supportive, they were still silenced. Locally, resistance to the New Deal was rapidly increasing. Lower, at this time, the ministers just understood the real intention of the emperor, he is going to use these favors to make us shut up!
However, as well-known talents in the world, how could they support treacherous evil for such a mere favor?

However, they couldn't find a name to attack the New Deal. If the words harmed the people, the people in many areas would be grateful for the reduction in taxes paid. This name can not call for many manpower. They They could only think hard, trying to find a new reason. During the period of their hard thinking, Cao Cao took the opportunity to expand the scope of the New Deal.

He separated the township ranks from the county magistrate system, directly under the jurisdiction of the governor, and generally obeyed the orders of Sikong. The township ranks, that is, the local township officials, were responsible for collecting taxes, and they belonged to the county , to listen to the orders of the local prefect, rank a hundred stones, and control one villager, and after Cao Cao realized that the local forces had undermined the measures, he separated the township from the county.

Moreover, it was increased to four hundred shi. Local officials need to cooperate with them and obey them in tax collection matters. In the local area, they only need to obey the orders of the governor. When collecting taxes and other matters, Duyou must follow and supervise, not only the order of the township itself, but also the county officials.

Township Youzhi was removed from the power of litigation. He originally held the power of litigation and taxation within a township, but Cao Cao did not want them to participate in additional chores. While removing the original power, Cao Cao gave them In terms of taxation, he wants the township to have ranks to take back all the taxation powers of the local prefect and county magistrate, including a series of processes such as investigation, quota, collection, and transportation to Luoyang.

Cao Cao took all these back from the hands of the local officials, and handed them over to Xiang Youzhi, who announced the decree in May. Because Xing Ziang was not at the Shangshutai, a servant of the Shangshu shot Guo Jia to pass the decree. The decree, this decree was implemented. Of course, as usual, it caused quite a stir in the local area. You must know that the achievements of local officials are based on local taxes.

They will investigate, make statistics, and hand them over to the emperor. This behavior is called Shangji, which is a continuation system in the pre-Qin period. Up to now, these have all been taken away. However, local officials are different from temple ministers. They cannot oppose any policy of the temple, because their opposition will arouse the fear of the temple, that is, the fear of the emperor. At that time, they may be the Northern Army or Zhang He.

What's more, in the Xiping year, the strength of the local prefect was reduced to an unprecedented period. Because of Cui Gong's military settlement law, the local government no longer retained county soldiers, only the county government was replaced, and the local pavilion soldiers came to deal with thieves and maintain In terms of law and order, the rest of the soldiers were not left at all, and all of them were turned into border guards to carry out farming and reclamation in the frontier areas.

Therefore, the military power in the hands of the prefect is extremely low, and now, in terms of finances, the township has seized power.

With the close cooperation of the township ranks and the capital post, Cao Cao managed to establish a relatively complete tax system at the local level. Compared with the past, this system is more different in that it separates taxation from local officials. It is directly controlled by the temple, and the officials in the court have no objection to this. The reason is very simple, because they are the ministers of the temple.

They are all happy and supportive of being able to restrict local officials and bring this power back to the temple, even though this set was proposed by Cao Bandit for his New Deal.

In September of the 13th year of Xiping, this system was formed in various places one after another. The structure of the New Deal was established at the local level. Compared with the past, the resistance of the New Deal was lowered again. Local officials can no longer interfere in related affairs, nor can they hide grain The number, or secretly not cooperating, because he was beside Xiang Youzhi, and he followed Duyou, who could directly play the role of the governor, and even directly play the role of the emperor!

For a time, the situation of the New Deal was very good. The scholars no longer opposed it, and the local resistance was reduced. This made Cao Cao very excited. His New Deal had been more than half successful, and at this time, the ministers in the court thought With a new name, they didn't dare to procrastinate any longer. They just gave Cao Cao less than half a year of leisure, and Cao Cao made such a big move.

If you continue to let it go, wouldn't Cao Cao be able to complete the implementation?

In October, there were ministers who reported to the Son of Heaven, "Cao Cao is an unfilial person, how can he be a benevolent and righteous government when he implements his government?"

They transferred the name from the New Deal itself to the implementer Cao Cao. As the proposer and even the implementer of the New Deal, Cao Cao himself is a son of disobedience and is despised by everyone. What good can his actions be?He is an unfilial son who disregards the relationship between father and son for the sake of official status, and even rejects his biological father. Such a person is not worthy of taking measures to rule the world.

After finding the name, Cao Cao issued an administrative order and was blocked again.

He himself did not expect that these shameless talents could use this as an excuse to target the New Deal.

Sitting in Houde Hall, the emperor and Cao Cao sat facing each other.

"Now, the situation is very good. They can't change the general situation with a few mouths. I will tell Zhang He to catch another batch." The emperor said angrily, he felt that he had reached the point where he couldn't bear it anymore. In order for the New Deal to be implemented smoothly, he has given these people a lot of favors. Now that they are still persecuting them, it seems that it is time for them to feel the anger of the emperor.

When Cao Cao heard this, he shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, you can't. The ministers of the temple cannot be renounced. If the ministers are renounced, acting under His Majesty's coercion will be detrimental to the National University. This matter needs to be carefully considered."

"Consider it? It's because I backed down too much that I let these thieves take advantage of me!!"

The emperor said angrily.

"Your Majesty, don't get angry, this matter can be resolved with just one person coming."

"Oh?"

"who?"

"Yuan Shao, Yuan Benchu."

The emperor frowned and looked at Cao Cao, not knowing what Cao Cao meant. Cao Cao said with a smile: "Your Majesty, now that the new policy has become clear and has been implemented locally, Your Majesty will recall Yuan Benchu ​​back to Luoyang, remove him from his position as a minister, and let him Serve as Sikong, continue to implement the New Deal... I am afraid that no one will object to the ministers of the DPRK and China, and the New Deal will definitely be accomplished."

"I won't withdraw your words, so don't say any more."

Regardless of whether this is the true words of the emperor, Cao Cao still felt a little warm when he heard it. He got up, bowed to the emperor, and said: "Thank you for your kindness, but the matter of the New Deal is of great importance. I came from a humble background. After being eunuched, now he is hated by all the officials, and the ministers continue to implement the new policy, which is difficult to achieve, but Yuan Shao is different, he has won the hearts of scholars in the world, has a great reputation and extraordinary achievements."

"As Sikong, he implements the new policy. He is different from his ministers. There will be no objections from the officials in the court. At least, in the short term, there will be no objections."

The emperor frowned, tapped the copy with his fingers, thought for a long time, and asked, "I don't want to treat you this way."

"Hahaha, Your Majesty, it has been nearly three years since I implemented the new policy. In these three years, I have never had a day to rest in peace. I am really busy. If Your Majesty can let me rest for a while, that would be great. I will not rest all day, I will observe around to observe the advantages and disadvantages of the new policy, and then think about the improvement strategy, and directly present it to your majesty."

"Yuan Shao, a member of the Yuan family, will he succeed you and continue to implement the New Deal?"

"Your Majesty, he will definitely. Yuan Benchu ​​has many friends and has a high reputation. However, he has too much ambition for fame and a stronger desire to win. Over the years, he has tried countless ways to enter the temple, but His Majesty still hasn't called him back to Luoyang. .As long as I continue to implement the New Deal as a condition, let him return to Luoyang and serve as the third prince, this person will definitely come!"

"Moreover, in order to prove that he is not weaker than his ministers and Yuan Gonggong, he will act more diligently," Cao Cao said with a smile.

The emperor asked in surprise, "How did you know?"

"Hahaha, Your Majesty, I have known him since childhood. As of today, we are good friends. I know this person very well. Is there any reason why I don't know?"

The Son of Heaven sighed and said, "I'll think about it again."

Cao Cao stood up, faced the emperor, cupped his hands suddenly, and waved his sleeves, like a phoenix spreading its wings. He looked solemn and resolute, and he said, "Your Majesty! For the sake of the people of the world, and for the sake of my great Han country, I will execute Meng." De, so what can I do? Chen Wu is not unwilling!! I hope His Majesty will order! Severely punish Cao Mengde!!"

The emperor's heart was shocked, and he also stood up, looked at Cao Cao in front of him, stretched out his hand, and took his hand.

"His Majesty."

"kindness?"

"When punishing me, can I not be whipped?"

"Hahaha!"

(End of this chapter)