Picked up a copy of Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 862
"Cough cough cough ~~", following a burst of violent coughing, Xun Shen hurried into the study, holding a bowl of sticky potion, looking at his elderly father distressedly, handed the medicine over, Xun Yu sat down Before the case, coughing violently, tremblingly took the medicine handed by Xun Shen, drank it slowly, and put it aside.

"Father, it's late at night, let's go to bed earlier."

"Xu'er," Xun Yu called in a low voice, and Xun Shen hurriedly stepped forward, "Father, I'm here." Looking at the child in front of him, Xun Yu gradually showed a smile on his face, and said kindly: " These days, please trouble you."

"Father, what are you talking about...I..." Xun Shen was speaking, but his eyes turned red instantly, and he couldn't speak out the many words in his heart. He lowered his head, not wanting to let Father see Weeping himself, Xun Yu let out a long sigh, and said just now: "Why, I can't do it all by myself, so I asked you to help me, otherwise, I don't want to delay your future."

"Father, leave these things to me, and you go to rest, I can do it well!" Xun Shen said seriously.

"Haha, you can't do it...cough cough cough cough ~~", Xun Yu said, just now he looked at the copy in front of him, and Xun Xu also looked at it. Three months ago, Xun Yu suddenly asked him After resigning from his job in the Xingfu and coming to help him, Xun Shen didn't hesitate at all, directly wrote to resign from his official position, and returned to the mansion to take care of his father.

Xun Shen is quite good at doing things in the Xunfu. After all, he is the best criminal subject in the four-subject examination. However, he also passed the examination for the second time. After passing the agricultural exam, every time Xun Yu thought about it, he couldn't help laughing out loud, he was extremely happy.

When Xun Shen returned to the mansion, he was immediately frightened by Xun Yu. Because of Xun Yu's daily workload, when he was in the Xingfu, his servant She Manchong was also diligent in governing, but he was not as good as Ah. The father was so crazy, he saw that the father was frantically collecting information on cultivated land, household registration, transportation, and even commerce, specialty products, etc. in various regions of Dahan, reading and writing one by one.

He started working in the morning and never rested all day and all night. He had seen his father who hadn't closed his eyes for three days. Occasionally, I would help Xun Yu to write the materials. Xun Yu's tired hands trembled, and when he couldn't write, he would lie down and dictate to Xun Xu to write.

Xun Shen still doesn't know what my father is writing about. It seems to be writing about the land equalization system, but it is completely different from what Deng Ai said that day. Sometimes he will add a few words about business and trade. It seems that, Father is writing a book? ?Or playing table? ?However, playing a table like this is unheard of, and it is probably writing, but what kind of book is this writing?
However, no matter how much Xun Shen persuaded, Xun Yu refused to rest. Lying on the bed, Xun Yu spoke slowly, but Xun Shen kept recording, "Cultivated land cannot be sold. In the matter of mergers and acquisitions, taxation according to the number of people will definitely not be able to solve these problems. Even the system of equal land can also be done in this way. The only way is to separate the land from the number of people and change the object of taxation from small people to wealth. Only the land can act”

"Using Cao Situ's new tax law and the family hierarchy law, the property is divided into households, etc., and then shared equally. The rich are more and the poor are less."

"Merchants pay for the land they do business with. Arable land cannot be sold, it can only be rented."

Xun Yu spoke slowly, and Xun Shen recorded quickly. Looking at what his father said, he was at a loss. He could understand some of them, but he couldn't understand them. What's the difference? In this regard, he can understand a little bit with the land equalization system, but when Xun Yu talked about business, he couldn't understand anything.

What are the promotion of Gongfu machinery, large-scale concentrated labor, overseas and so on.

At the same time, in the study room of the Jifu, the lights had not been extinguished. Zhong Changtong and Xu Shu sat facing each other. Zhong Changtong told Xu Shu everything about him in Houde Hall, but his face was a little guilty, because before he left , Xu Shu had spoken to him many times, and there were many opportunities to persuade him about the land equalization system, so don't mention it in a hurry, or His Majesty will definitely blame him, and maybe they will go back to Liangzhou immediately.

However, Zhong Changtong still couldn't hold back. The words he said in the Hall of Houde were naturally not unintentional words. He just wanted to persuade the emperor not to rush to implement the system of equal land. Changtong did not deceive the emperor, he did those things in Zhangye. After many attempts, only commerce and trade made Zhangye develop. Therefore, Zhong Changtong proposed to prosper the country with business.

Is Zhong Changtong a madman?He shouldn't be, he is humble and polite to everyone, unless he meets an alchemist, otherwise, he can't see his arrogant side, he is different from real madmen, Wang Fu, Guo Jia, etc., but , someone once said that he was very similar to Wang Fu, even Xing Ziang thought so.

The similarity between him and Wang Fu may be that he only believes in hard work. They also don't pay attention to the precious experience left by their ancestors. They only believe in what they have seen and learned. He has implemented various policies , but all of them failed, except for business and trade, Zhong Changtong can be sure that business and trade are beneficial to the big man, he doesn't care what his ancestors said, or what others say that agriculture and mulberry are the foundation of the country, he only believes what I have seen.

The world is constantly changing, and there has never been the most suitable and best policy. All policies should change with the changing times.

Xu Shu admired him very much. Xu Shu thought that he did not have the courage to fight against the whole world. Therefore, he was willing to stay by Zhong Changtong's side and help him. He also saw Zhangye's development with his own eyes.

"Didn't I tell you? You can't rush to talk to Your Majesty about this matter. What will His Majesty think? There are so many people in the temple who oppose Juntian, but we are different from them. They are afraid that their own interests will be damaged. We But I feel that the direction is wrong, but with your words, His Majesty will definitely think that you are sent by those who have lost their interests, or that you are standing with them, and the emperor will never believe you again."

The more Xu Shu said, the more angry he became. Zhong Changtong's words directly broke the trust of the emperor in them. Without the trust of the emperor, how can we talk about ambitions and how to implement them?Xu Shu was very angry. He got up and was about to leave, but Zhong Changtong hurriedly reached out and grabbed his sleeve. Zhong Changtong smirked and said, "Yuanzhi, don't be angry, don't be angry."

"I didn't want to say much at first, but you don't know how obsessed the emperor is with the land. When I talked about Zhangye's arable land, the emperor looked like a madman. If your majesty cares about it, you will be chaotic. He only thinks about how to solve these problems, in order to overthrow the mountain that is pressing on the big man, he wants to make sacrifices and want to solve these problems, there is nothing wrong with that.”

"It can only be said that His Majesty is too anxious. I may understand why His Majesty is so anxious. He is afraid that he will be shaken, and that he will not have the courage to act like this in the future. However, this is the deepest problem of the big man, so urgent I am really afraid that I will ruin the current prosperous age, the prosperous age is hard-won, Yuan Zhi, it is hard-won."

Zhong Changtong gradually became serious. He recalled the past and said: "I once knew a very stubborn old man. This old man, you don't know. When he was in his 70s, he still had to hold his hands like a young man. The shovel was waving on the desert, and I still can’t forget that crooked figure in the crowd. Today’s prosperous age was created by those people desperately, and it cannot be easily destroyed.”

Xu Shu was taken aback, and said slowly: "You said that Your Majesty is in a hurry, but you are also in a hurry. It is precisely because of this that you dare not be so eager to dissuade you."

"Hehe, none of the officials in the temple dared to refute the emperor. They all acted like turtles. There were also some people who clearly saw the problems, but still tried their best to solve these problems for the emperor instead of going to the emperor. I want to dissuade you, but I'm afraid, if the emperor procrastinates, even if I crash my head into the Hall of Houde, I won't be able to persuade the emperor."

Xu Shu sighed, "Then what should we do next?"

Zhong Changtong suddenly laughed, and said shamelessly: "It depends on Yuan Zhi, we will do whatever you say, I will definitely listen to you, I believe in your ability Yuan Zhi, Yuan Zhi you But an unworldly genius, what problem can be difficult for you?" Hearing Zhong Changtong's flattery, Xu Shu sneered.

"You can shut up, what I said earlier, if you can do it, then I don't need to think of other ways."

Zhong Changtong lowered his head, a little aggrieved, and muttered for some reason.

Xu Shu began to think seriously, and Zhong Changtong didn't bother him. Xu Shu thought for a long time before he said: "Now, no matter what we do, I'm afraid the emperor will no longer trust you. Regarding the matter of the land system, the emperor will also think that you are a traitor sent by others, and will not allow it. The only way to deal with it now is to confess."

"Oh? How do you confess? Will the emperor believe you if you confess?"

"This is the only way. You can report to the Son of Heaven and directly write about the disadvantages of equalizing the land. You must write clearly that you are opposing because of the disadvantages of equalizing the land, rather than being sent by someone. The Emperor may believe it or not, but Now, the only way to go is to be honest. When the emperor is wise, I think that if you play like this, maybe the emperor can still trust you, but if you are smart and design to make the emperor believe, it will make the emperor even more afraid."

When Zhong Changtong heard this, he didn't say much, and nodded, "Okay, then I'll do it like this."

He has always followed Xu Shu's strategy. In these years, Xu Shu has been by his side to advise him, and he rarely misses. Zhong Changtong knows that he is not as resourceful as Xu Shu, so he never asks more questions.

"Oh, I hope this helps."

(End of this chapter)