Picked up a copy of Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 842
It can be found that the selection of talents and the establishment of official schools since the time of Emperor Xiaokang have finally played a certain role. If it was in the past, I am afraid that Deng Ai would have to face the unanimous attack of the officials, and it would be more serious. , and may even be treated like Wang Fu, but now it is different. After Deng Ai expressed his different views, the officials started to discuss seriously.

Although they debated very fiercely and even planned to do something, at least they were willing to ask, and there were quite a few courtiers who were on Deng Ai's side. Liu Xi found that most of the courtiers who supported Deng Ai, They are all enjoying the benefits of the scientific merit system developed by Wang Fu. Of course, there are also people from poor families trained by government schools, such as Cao Chong. As the pride of the Cao family, he is standing on Deng Ai's side at this moment.

He started a debate with his elder brother Cao Zhi who held an opposing opinion. The two almost tore their faces. Fool, have you forgotten my father’s teaching? My father has been thinking about how to solve the problem of land annexation. Now you turn around and stand on the opposite side of my father!! You are unfilial and heartless!”

"Can returning the land to the temple solve the problem of annexation? Regardless of whether the big family or the common people are working hard, how can the temple directly seize their cultivated land and redistribute it? Isn't it afraid of stirring up civil uprisings? Farmland is important to the common people. , is like life, not to mention the number of people is so large, according to the division of [-] mu per person, can you make everyone own land?!"

In the debate between the two, people kept joining in. Liu Xi didn't stop him. He really wanted to know the views of these temple ministers on this matter. After observing carefully, the few ministers Liu Xi cared about the most actually supported Deng. Ai's, what he didn't expect the most was that the servant of the official's mansion shot Sun Quan, and he actually participated in the debate, and he still stood on Cao Chong's side.

Seeing that the officials were about to fight, the emperor looked at Zhongshu Ling, Lu Bu nodded, then stood up, looked at the crowd, "Silence!!!", Lu Bu called out, and was debating The crowd fell silent for a moment, and the temple was exceptionally quiet, so Lu Bu said slowly: "How can you wait for nonsense in the temple?"

"This matter is somewhat controversial, we will discuss it later!"

"Thank you." Everyone said respectfully. Although they stopped arguing, the tense sense of urgency did not dissipate until the court meeting ended. , talking about these things loudly, and went out to both sides, only Zhuge Liang, Xun Yu, and Lu Bu did not leave.

Returning to the Hall of Houde with the three orders, Liu Xi relaxed and asked, "Mr. Xun, today's matter is not handled properly, and it will cause discord among the officials. What can Mr. Xun do to solve it?" way?"

Xun Yu did not expect that the emperor would be the first to hear his opinion. Just now Deng Ai told the Xun family as a negative example. As the head of the Xun family, Xun Yu was ready to be suppressed by the emperor. He frowned , After thinking for a moment, he said: "The minister thinks that this matter cannot be rushed. Naturally, the land annexation needs to be resolved."

"But Deng Aizhi's proposal is the law of troubled times. Only in troubled times, when the people's household registration is rare, the temple owns a lot of cultivated land, and the big clan suffers heavy losses, the temple can forcefully take away the cultivated land and distribute it to the people. But now is the prosperous age, Your Majesty If you want to take back the arable land that has been reclaimed since the time of Emperor Xiaokang, you must first oppose those ignorant people."

"People don't think about mergers, they only think that the emperor took away our farmland."

"What's more, today's world is rich. Although there are people who have lost their farmland, there are also many rich peasants who own a lot of farmland. From this point of view, these people who have worked so hard to obtain farmland will definitely resent the temple."

"It's not a good thing to lose popular support like this."

Listening to Xun Yu's words, Liu Xi was silent for a long time, before he asked with a smile: "I understand what Xun Yu means, so how should I turn the prosperous world into a chaotic one?"

Xun Yu was shocked, and immediately possessed himself, saying, "Your servant is guilty!"

"No, Mr. Xun, you are not guilty. I understand what you said. If this order is implemented, the powerful, the people, and the officials will all blame me, because I have taken away their lifeblood." Liu Xi said, Just now he looked at Zhuge Liang and asked, "What does Kong Ming think?"

"Your Majesty, I think that this matter can be done in secret, without notifying the world first, and secretly conduct a survey of the cultivated land, let each place record it separately, and then redistribute the cultivated land by giving the land to the people, or the temple can be redistributed from the land. The people buy land from their hands and then distribute it. I feel that Deng Ai’s proposal is very reasonable. I think that the annexation of land is the most threatening disaster to temples from ancient times to the present.”

"Whether the family and the country are in peace or in war, it is the people at the bottom who suffer. The arable land of the common people is continuously taken away, and a great war will break out. It is another process of mergers, and the cycle is endless, so, for the sake of the eternal life of the great man, the problem of mergers must be resolved."

Zhuge Liang said, and looked at Xun Yu again, "However, what Xun Gong said is very reasonable. When implementing this order, you must be cautious. The harm is also great. If you are not careful, it will stir up civil uprisings and cause serious damage. The prestige of the temple and the hearts of the people"

Liu Xi seemed to be shocked by Zhuge Liang's words. He didn't say a word. After thinking for a long time, he raised his head and looked at Lu Bu.

Lu Bu was taken aback, why did he have to speak?
He frowned, and said with some hesitation: "I think, what that kid Deng Ai said makes sense. My own cultivated land is constantly increasing. I didn't take care of it myself and handed it over to my relatives. It's just that after ten years Here, the arable land of my family has increased exponentially. I even asked in person, and they said that they bought it from farmers, and there was a lot of it. .”

"Oh? Since the head of the country is so happy, why do you support Deng Ai again today?"

Lu Bu smiled and said: "Deng Ai said, I just realized that if this continues, the arable land is in the hands of the temple officials and the world's big clans, and the people who have no arable land and are being bullied will cause a civil uprising. I don't read much, but I know Chen Sheng and Wu Guang, although they are all good now, but if there is a huge change when Hu'er is in power, will it be a bad thing?"

Xun Yu and Zhuge Liang were startled, and quickly looked at Lu Bu, intending to dissuade them.

Liu Xi didn't care, nodded with a smile, and then said: "The father-in-law is right, I will think about it again, by the way, later, I will trouble the father-in-law to go to the Military Academy in person and give Taishi General, I apologize, I will let Hu'er go there later."

Lv Bu agreed in embarrassment, and the emperor let the three of them leave the Hall of Houde. As soon as they walked out of the Hall of Houde, Zhuge Liang said to Lv Bu: "Master, if the eldest son of the emperor will rule in the future, don't talk about it anymore. At least don't say it in front of the emperor." When Lu Bu heard this, he asked angrily, "What do you mean? Do you think Hu'er can't become the emperor?"

Zhuge Liang smiled wryly and said: "That's not the case. Your Majesty is young and strong, and has never appointed the eldest son of the emperor as the crown prince. The words of the head of the country are a bit sensitive. As a minister, it is inappropriate to involve the establishment of a crown prince."

"Heh, the Son of Heaven is just such a child. Isn't it normal for him to come to power? You people are thinking wildly all day long and dare not say anything, ha ha." Lu Bu looked at Zhuge Liang and Xun Yu with disdain, and left swaggeringly After entering the palace, Zhuge Liang and Xun Yu looked at each other and shook their heads helplessly. The abbot didn't want to listen, so they didn't need to persuade them.

Liu Xi frowned, but he didn't make up his mind, thinking about Deng Ai's performance, and walked slowly towards the harem.

"Mum! Tell my father, and let him give me his sword!"

"Hey, your father's long sword was given by his teacher and killed people. How can you play with it, you child? I'll let the Gongfu make another one for you, okay? ?”

"No, I want Father's one, and I won't eat if I don't!"

Listening to the voices coming from the hall, Liu Xi sneered, walked into the hall, and when he walked into the hall, he saw Hu'er who was pestering the queen. Begging, the queen was a little helpless, and she was a little happy when she saw the emperor walking in, and said quickly: "Hu'er, your father is here, you can ask yourself, maybe it will be given to you?"

When Hu'er heard about it, he was overjoyed and ran over quickly, hugged Liu Xi, and raised his head with a smile.

Liu Xi frowned, extraordinarily solemn.

"Father, can you give me the sword you wear with you?"

"What? Isn't it fun to shoot Tai Shigong with an arrow? Do you want to chop it with a sword?" Liu Xi asked coldly, Hu'er was taken aback, and turned around to run towards his mother, but was grabbed by Liu Xi With the back of his neck, the other hand hugged his waist, and hugged him sideways. Hu'er screamed and wanted to struggle, but he couldn't break free. Liu Xi directly pressed Hu'er to the ground.

"Come here!", Liu Xi called out, and Huangmen walked in with his head down, holding a wooden stick, and walked up to Liu Xi's side, Liu Xi picked up the wooden stick, and hit Hu'er. Going over, the wooden stick was very thin, and it hit Hu'er's rear buttocks. Hu'er screamed in pain. Seeing this, the queen rushed over and stood in front of Liu Xi.

"Your Majesty, what is this going to do?"

"This guy did a good job in the Military Academy. He almost shot and killed the Grand Priest of the Military Academy? Are you still stopping? Get out of the way!" Liu Xi roared angrily. I let you be naughty!! Let you shoot people!! Who taught you to kill people? Ah? What if people die?!"

"Dare you not to listen to your master's instruction?!"

"You still dare to ask me for a sword?!"

Raising the wooden stick high and beating the tiger, howling ghosts and howling wolves, gradually overlapped with that of 20 years ago.

(End of this chapter)