Picked up a copy of Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 602 Bullying the Eastern Palace
The next day, Zhuge Liang came to Situ's mansion early and followed his servants into the mansion. Before dawn, everyone had already gathered in the front yard and were busy. Cao Cao was still yelling as usual. Zhuge Liang went to see him, and so did Cao Cao. Impatiently, he waved his hand and asked him to work quickly, while the rest of the Eastern Palace officials looked extremely tired at the moment. In the crowd, he also saw Cao Pi, who was also arrested by Cao Cao.

Zhuge Liang also joined them. Not long after, the rest of the officials arrived one after another, and they started a busy day again. At dusk, everyone slowly got up. Cao Cao appeared in front of them again, and said with a smile : "I'm really bothering you, why don't you stay today, I'll treat you well, how about it?"

"No, no, thank you Mr. Cao, we'd better go back and rest, thank you!!" The crowd said fearfully, they had been doing this for two days, and naturally they knew that it would take a lot of work to finish it all. Now they are already exhausted, if they stay, I am afraid that tomorrow they will all go to see Emperor Renzong Xiaokang! !
Seeing them like this, Cao Cao didn't feel embarrassed. He nodded and said, "That's fine, just rest well tonight. I'll wait for you when I come back tomorrow!"

Everyone said aggrievedly, and then walked out of the mansion.

"Aren't you guys busy since last night?" Zhuge Liang asked in surprise. Sima Yi raised his head tiredly, looked at him, and said helplessly, "Don't ask me anything. Tomorrow, I'm going to get married. I want to get married, I would rather be worried at home like you, than be tortured by this guy again, this guy is simply crazy, we only slept for an hour in one night, the thing in Captain Hua's hand, I don't know Why don't you say it in his hands, don't say it."

Sima Yi dragged his body and walked towards his mansion step by step.

Zhuge Liang shook his head helplessly, but said nothing.

In the middle of the night, Cao Cao was sitting in the study room with candles lit around him, which could illuminate his surroundings. Cao Cao couldn't help being surprised when he looked at the statistical results in front of him, stroked his beard, and fell into deep thought. During the Ning Dynasty, although the number of household registrations had been increasing, it was far from as extreme as Xiping, especially in the sixth year of Xiping, when the number of newborns born in this year almost caught up with the sum of the previous six years!
In the sixth year of Xiping, Cao Cao frowned, thinking, isn't this the period when Xiping's benevolent government and low-level official education were being implemented on a large scale?

Can official education improve household registration? ?

Or, Xiping benevolent government?
Cao Cao thought about it, and suddenly realized that there were not many newborns in the past. Unfortunately, the death rate of newborns is extremely high. It is not easy for ordinary people to let their children grow up safely. After the implementation of benevolent government, temples provide relief to poor people , We can’t let them live affluently, at least they won’t let them go hungry or cold. In this way, the survival rate of newborns will be greatly improved. At least if the people have money, they can call doctors and feed their children.

Cao Cao nodded, and he thought of another thing. Household registration has always been an important matter for the country. The more household registrations, the more powerful the effect on the country. Whether it is corvee, taxes, or military strength, countless aspects are affecting Countries, and the more household registrations, the better. If Ningzhou, Hezhou, Xinzhou, Jiaozhou, Jingzhou, Xizhou, Liangzhou and other regions can be enriched, the development of these regions will not be worse than the states in the Central Plains! !
Newborns undoubtedly affect the number of household registrations in the country. If this is the case, should the country take care of and protect these newborns?The emperor set up a relief government to help the poor and the weak in various counties. Can we add a decree on the protection of newborns here?Cao Cao thought, if the country pays for every newborn child, the national treasury must not be able to support such a burden, but it seems feasible to give relief to those newborns who are sick or whose families are extremely poor. of.

Cao Cao is stroking his beard. This matter is not in a hurry. It depends on the results of other aspects. The cultivated land has not yet been counted. However, the current results can clearly see that the cultivated land area has experienced a huge increase during the Jianning period. Naturally, due to the system of garrisoning fields, there has been no great progress in Xiping. It was not until Xiping ten years or so, when Cui Gong set up military garrison, and turned all the troops on the border into farmers, that ushered in a large-scale increase.

It seems that the matter of the border guards must continue, especially in terms of reclamation. Can the people in the frontier be organized to carry out large-scale reclamation?

Temples provide utensils and even food, so that they can give part of the arable land to the people after they cultivate it.

When Cao Cao thought of something, he quickly wrote it down, until it was almost dawn, he was still lying in front of the copybook, busy crazily.

The next day, when the officials from the East Palace arrived, the energetic Cao Cao appeared in front of them, yelling at them, telling them to go to work quickly and not to be lazy. When eating at noon, Cao Cao also sat here and ate with many officials. The food was the same as them, and there was no difference. At this time, people like Zhuge Liang, on the contrary, admired Cao Cao a little.

"My lords, I have read today's statistical theory. After the benevolent government, the household registration has increased a lot. In my opinion, the newborns survived, and there is no such a large number of premature deaths as in the past. That's why it is so. I think, maybe the temple should Increase the decree on the protection of newborns." Cao Cao told everyone what he thought at night while eating. Out of respect for Situ, everyone dared not eat and waited for Cao Cao to finish speaking.

"What are you doing standing there!? There is only less than half an hour to rest!! Eat fast!! Talk while eating!!"

"But this...is really against etiquette," Zhuge Liang said hesitantly.

"Bullshit etiquette, can etiquette help me do these things? Eat it! Don't make noise!" Cao Cao scolded.

Everyone ignored it and started eating.

"Cao Gong, I have a word," Zhong Changtong said while eating, Cao Cao looked at him, but he didn't recognize this person, Zhong Changtong said: "Cao Gong said, the newborn died There are many, but Mr. Cao knows, who are these many newborns who died young?"

"Is it the poor people's home?"

"What Mr. Cao said is not bad. There is one other thing that is the same. Most of them are baby girls. In the countryside, baby girls are the most difficult to feed. Most of the people care about males, because males can help take care of the family, while females Ding wants to go out to be a wife, which causes a large number of baby girls to die due to improper care." Zhong Changtong said, his expression gradually became solemn, and he said: "I know, the lords of the temple must not take it seriously. "

"Because women can't serve corvee, can't be officials, and are of no great use to the country. In my opinion, this statement is absurd. In recent years, the number of men has become bigger and bigger, while the number of women is insufficient. What Cao Gong did was to increase If the household registration does not protect baby girls and increase the number of females, how will the household registration be increased? Two men? This is impossible. Therefore, I hope that Duke Cao will also think of these when formulating the decree! "

The topic was a bit solemn, and the officials were silent for a long time. Zhuge nodded his head and said, "This statement is reasonable. All these things still lie in the temple. All changes start from the temple. Cao Gong should discuss this matter with the emperor. , I think, as long as the number of household registrations in Jianning and Xiping years can be shown to the emperor, the emperor will definitely support it, and with the support of the emperor, everything can be changed."

"That's right. Ever since Ma Jiangzuo made silk weaving machines, the people's homes had a lot of them, and the emperor ordered them to be improved. Nowadays, in the Sili area, many people's homes also have this machine, and the women in the family can also further weave silk fabrics. , the role that women can play will be even greater. However, I think that changes should be made in terms of taxation. Nowadays, unmarried men and women are subject to heavy taxes. I think the tax on unmarried women can be removed and the tax on unmarried women can be increased. Taxes for Men"

"There are many people who hate women so much just because they are afraid of these taxes."

It was Pang Tong who said this, and the others also expressed their opinions.

To be honest, Cao Cao was very shocked. He thought that he had thought deeply enough, but he didn't expect that these young people in front of him actually proposed something that he had never noticed. Their suggestions surprised Cao Cao. He was very amazed again, Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong, he had known and heard about the abilities of these two people, but he had never seen the young man who spoke at first, and he did not know his name.

He couldn't help asking: "Jun, who are you?"

Zhong Changtong smiled and said: "Under Zhong Changtong, the word Wenli is currently in the East Palace, reading with the prince."

Cao Cao was taken aback, the prince's tutor has not been confirmed yet, where did this companion come from, there is no vacant position, so can he just stay by his side like this?It seems that the crown prince still values ​​this person very much. Cao Cao looked at him, nodded and praised: "You are a great talent, and you are the three princes in the temple. In the future, you will definitely have a place for you!" Zhong Changtong shook his head, saying that he dare not Cao Cao asked several people for their suggestions.

Everyone was also thinking hard, and put forward many suggestions for Cao Cao's other thoughts.

Cao Cao couldn't help but sigh with emotion, with such a group of officials in the Eastern Palace, what kind of prosperity the great man will usher in after the crown prince ascends the throne in the future!

Everyone was chatting, Cao Cao suddenly changed his face.

"What are you doing in a daze!! It's all over!! Don't go to work!!"

Everyone got busy again, until the evening, and then gave up. Looking at the tired people, Cao Cao said: "These three days, I am really lucky, I am a newcomer, and I am short of manpower, so I am bothering you. I'm sorry, tomorrow, you don't want to come again, just go directly to Shangshutai and find Guo Jia, this guy has been urging for three days, he wanted to send people to carry out my three strategies, I want you to go too, so I kept going Don't let him send someone."

"Go to him directly. Remember, you are still young. Many things are different from what is recorded in the books you read. When implementing administrative orders, respect those small officials who do practical things more. Don't speak indiscriminately. Don't take risks. You still have to learn their methods, they may not have read as many books as you, but if it is in the local area, can these people eat up you ignorant children?"

"I understand!"

"Okay, let's go!"

　Congratulations to the [-]th chapter! ! ! !
　　
　
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