The nine-story platform starts from the soil; Great oaks from little acorns grow.. No matter how ambitious the ambition is, it must be accomplished with down-to-earth hands. So early the next morning, Cai Ji, accompanied by Tai Shici and other Jizhou civil and military bureaucrats, inspected a cantonment located outside Nanpi City, and was accompanied by the "former" Jizhou Beijia Tianfeng.

Tian Feng remembered that the last time he came to Nanpi was in the second year of Jian'an, when Yuan Benchu was confronting Gongsun Zan in Yijing, Cao Mengde had just welcomed the Son of Heaven into Xudu, and Cai Anzhen had not yet left Qingzhou. Who would have thought that five years have passed in a blink of an eye, and the once invincible Runan Yuan clan has long been wiped out, and the four states of Hebei have been divided up by Cao Mengde and Cai Anzhen. Now Meng De has officially worshiped the prime minister and coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes, and Cai Anzhen has been appointed as a general, and has become the overlord of the separatist side from a small minister of a border county.

If Yuan Benchu had been able to welcome the Son of Heaven into Yecheng before Cao Mengde seven years ago, would the world be a different scene today? If Cai Anzhen had been eradicated seven years ago when he first arrived in Yecheng, would the Battle of Guandu have been a different outcome? Tian Feng asked himself this in his heart more than once. But every time you can't come up with a satisfactory answer, because there is no regret medicine called "if" in this world. What's more, Tian Feng and Yuan Shao's righteousness as kings and ministers has long been severed, and he is now Cai Anzhen's staff.

To tell the truth, Cai Ji is not Tian Feng's ideal monarch. Although compared to other princes, Cai Ji is honest and restrained to himself, and treats others with courtesy and virtuous corporals. But no matter how perfect her personal virtue is, it is not enough to make up for her shortcomings as a woman. It must be known that after the first battle of Guandu, no one in the world will now look down on Cai Ji because of her woman's body. This is certainly a recognition of Cai Ji's strength and talent, but it also means that she will no longer be able to use her status as a woman to confuse other princes in the future. The major princes involved in the Central Plains will use the same method of fighting male princes against Cai Ji in the near future, and it may even be even harsher. Because what Cai Ji did, and even her existence, was a humiliation to many male princes. Just thinking that a dignified seven-foot man is inferior to a weak woman is enough to make many men angry.

However, Tian Feng knows that the biggest threat brought by Cai Ji's identity as a woman is by no means those who are narrow-minded. In his opinion, in troubled times, those who still insist on the difference between men and women are stupid people who don't know how to change. What is really threatened by Cai Anzhen is not the so-called male dignity. Rather, it is the three outlines and five constants that run through the four hundred of the Han Dynasty.

The three outlines are said to be the monarch as the minister, the father as the son, and the husband as the wife. The five constants are, loyalty, filial piety, piety, forbearance, and kindness. Although today's princes all have the heart to challenge the "monarch as a minister", Cai Ji is a woman who competes in the world and has an extra layer of resistance to the "husband as a wife" than ordinary princes. The husband is the wife of Dong Zhongshu, which is the specific expression of Dong Zhongshu's "Guiyang and low yin" in the concept of Wulun, and its essence is the theory of yang respecting yin and inferiority. Cai Ji is currently only engaged to Cao Pi, and has not yet touched the bottom line of the husband as a wife, so Heshuo Rulin can still accept the existence of female princes. Cui Yan also actively joined Cai Ji's command, intending to imperceptibly pull the female prince back to the right path. But Tian Feng felt that one day Cai Ji would subvert the "Guiyang Cheap Yin". Just as Cao Cao and other princes will eventually embark on the road of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States.

It is precisely because Cai Ji's road to the female princes is full of unknowns and risks that Tian Feng has refused to accept the actual position since he entered the scene, and only advises Cai Ji as an ordinary staff member. This trip to the north is no exception. However, Tian Feng still has reservations in his heart. But I admire Cai Ji's methods of governing people's livelihood.

It's April, and the winter wheat outside the city of Nampi is growing well, and as long as there is no accident, it will be another bumper harvest in June. The people who were plowing along the way saw the brigade of people passing by, and they stopped their farm work one after another, and bowed down to Cai Ji. Tian Feng could see it. These people were worshipping Cai Ji from the bottom of their hearts, just as they were when they greeted them at the city gate the day before. The people of the head are so simple. Who let them live a stable life and plant fields. They will serve whoever is their master. Cai Ji's use of Tuntian to win the hearts of the people of Heshuo was indeed immediate. However, this move was not the original creation of the Cai family, Cao Cao, who was also in Heshuo, not only actively promoted Tuntian, but also confiscated all the land of many powerful sects and confiscated them for military tuning, which made Cao's army a lot more powerful. I don't know if Cai Anzhen will learn from Cao Cao to take advantage of the heroes of Hebei in the name of going north.

Just as Tian Feng was secretly speculating about Cai Ji's next move, the group waited to set up a pergola on the bank of the Zhangshui River and rested. After some previous inspections, Cai Ji had some perceptual understanding of the situation in Nanpi's Tuntian, so he took advantage of the break to ask about the situation of the four counties in Jizhou under her rule.

"Qinghe has seven cities under its jurisdiction. There are 123964 households, 760418 men and women; Anping has jurisdiction over thirteen cities, with a total of 91,440 households and 65,118 men and women; Hejian has eleven cities under its jurisdiction. a total of 93,754 households, 634421 male and female; Bohai has eight cities under its jurisdiction, with a total of 132389 households and 1,106,500 men and women. "The person who reported to Cai Ji the population of the four counties of Jizhou was a handsome young man in his twenties. This person's surname is Gao Mingna, the word Xiaocai, is a native of Bohai, and is currently serving as the chief bookkeeper under the account of Tai Shi Ci.

Gaona's voice was clear and clear, and the series of numbers he read out were even more pleasing to the ears of everyone present. Especially when Gao Na remembered the more than one million people in Bohai County, Liu Yixun, who is currently driving in Jizhou, was so excited that his eyes lit up. It must be known that even Qingzhou, which Cai Ji has been running for many years, has only a population of more than two million at present, and the Bohai County where they are located at this moment is worth half of Qingzhou in terms of population alone. How can this not be moving.

Compared with Liu Yixun, who was like being beaten with chicken blood, Cai Ji's reaction was obviously much calmer. Bohai County is located in the Hebei Plain in the later generations, and it has not had much trouble with the Yellow Turban, and it is not like Sili and other places that have been fought by princes several times. Even during the war against Yuan, the local cities almost surrendered to Tai Shici in the face of the north. It is not surprising that a million people can be retained in this case. A large population has both advantages and problems. At least the borderless land available for Tuntian in Bohai County is far less than that of Qingzhou.

So after Gao Na's report, Cai Ji followed up and asked, "How much was Bohai's tax last year?" ＂

Gao Na was slightly stunned, and then bowed down and reported to Cai Jiyu, "Back to Qihou, last year's Bohai tax was 30,000 yuan of grain and grass. ＂

With a large population county like Bohai, the annual rent of 30,000 grains and grass is really pitiful. So much so that the light in the eyes of Liu Yixun and others involuntarily dimmed. However, the taxes reported by Gaona here are not all the taxes of Bohai, but only the rent paid by the tunke to the government.

At present, there are two types of taxes in the counties under Cai Ji's rule, one is the field tax and the poll tax levied on the households. Household registration, that is, the common people who are registered in the household register, including yeoman farmers, domestic workers, hired farmers, etc. For recuperation. At the same time, in order to win the hearts of the people, Cai Ji exempted the four counties of Jizhou from paying taxes for three years, so she can't collect this part of the tax yet.

The other is the rent levied on the tuntian households and military households. The land, cattle, and farming tools needed for the tuntian were all provided by the government. Therefore, the relationship between the government and the tunhu is equivalent to that between the landlord and the tenant farmer, and the rent is the tenant rent. The tun households with official cattle are divided into four or six accounts with the government, and those who prepare their own cattle are divided into five or five accounts with the government. The rent of the tun households is far more onerous than the 30 taxes of the households. Therefore, rent is one of Cai Ji's most stable sources of income at present, and it is also the source of income that Cao Cao attaches the most importance to. It is only that the number of tuntian fields in Bohai County is small, which makes the rent of Bohai a little scarce.

Seeing that many Jizhou bureaucrats present were in embarrassment, Gao Na suddenly clenched his fist to Cai Ji and said, "The Marquis of Qi exempted Jizhou from paying taxes for three years, so that the people of Jizhou can recuperate." Now the Marquis of Qi is about to go north. As a Bohai clan, the Gao family is willing to offer 50,000 pieces of grain and grass to help the king crusade against the traitors! ＂

Cai Ji glanced at Gao Na meaningfully, but seeing his sincere expression and humble attitude, he smiled slightly and said happily. "Lone is here to thank the Gao family for his generosity for the soldiers of the Northern Expedition. ＂

The Bohai Gao clan was not well-known in the late Han Dynasty. Although the Gao family had a crown prince and Fu Gao praised when Emperor Shun was the emperor, only Gao Cheng, the minister of Qi, was currently shepherding and guarding the side. However, Cai Ji knew that the Bohai Gao clan had a pivotal position in the history of the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties.

According to historical records. The Bohai Gao clan originated in Bohai County of the Eastern Han Dynasty. It is known as "the highest in the world above the Bohai Sea". After the formation of the Bohai Gao clan at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, it gradually flourished in the Western Jin Dynasty, and formed many branches such as Bohai, Yuyang, Liaodong, Guangling, and Henan. By the time of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the Bohai Gao clan had become the representative of the gate lord clan in Shandong (referring to the east of Taihang Mountain), entered the heyday, and successively controlled the Northern Wei Dynasty and the Eastern Wei Dynasty.

And the Bohai Gao clan completely pushed the Bohai Gao family to the peak of power is Gao Huan, Gao Cheng, Gao Yang, father and son. Gao Huan, Gao Cheng and his son first successively served as the prime minister of the Eastern Wei Dynasty and the king of Bohai. Control the military and political power of the Eastern Wei Dynasty. And in the end, Gao Cheng's younger brother Gao Yang, accepted the Zen concession of Emperor Xiaojing of the Eastern Wei Dynasty with Xiangguo and King of Qi, and became the founding monarch of the Northern Qi Dynasty, that is, Emperor Wenxuan of the Northern Qi Dynasty. However, the Northern Qi Dynasty only survived for 28 years before it was destroyed at the hands of the Northern Zhou. In the end, what was left to future generations was the many promiscuous allusions of the Gao clan of the Northern Qi Dynasty. and Gao Huan's grandson who is so handsome that he must wear a mask to go to the battlefield - Gao Changgong, the king of Lanling.

Later generations were rumored to have established the Gao clan of the Northern Qi Dynasty, known as a fornicatory, violent family inherited character. At this moment, Gao Na behaved decently, with a respectful attitude, and looked no different from the children of the family in this era. Could it be because he was mixed with the Xianbei people later? Putting aside the gossip about the Northern Qi Dynasty, thinking that he had subdued the Langya Wang clan three years ago, and today he accepted the submission of the Bohai Gao clan, Rao is Cai Ji has already seen a lot of things, and he can't help but sigh in his heart at this time, there are really a herd of tigers and leopards under his account.

Gao Na saw that Cai Ji accepted the grain and grass offered by Gao, and the big stone in his heart also fell to the ground. Gao Na's father, Gao Yan, is a famous man in Bohai, but the old man does not plan to become a daughter under the command of a girl who can be his daughter. However, for the sake of the whole family, someone had to stand up and show their submission to the new ruler. So after consulting with his uncle, who was the minister of Qi in Qingzhou, Gao Na recommended himself to the tent of the shogunate Taishi Ci, and made full preparations for the reception of the Marquis of Qi. At this moment, it seems that Gao Na's previous efforts have not been in vain, at least the woman in front of her has accepted Gao's kindness, and will not take the Bohai Gao clan like Cao Cao did against the Hanoi clan.

Tian Feng sat aside and watched Cai Ji quietly accept the grain and grass, and he also breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. He used to be a driver in Jizhou, he knew very well that the Bohai Gao clan had never liked publicity, but its influence was all over the three states of Hebei, Qingdao and Youzhou, if Cai Ji did not know the depth and rashly moved the Gao clan, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Cai Ji didn't know that she accepted the 50,000 pieces of grain and grass, which made the hearts of several people present fall down. In fact, even if she knew, she would only smile helplessly. Cai Ji knew the details of the Bohai Gao clan very well, and knew that with her current strength, she would not be able to kill such a head snake with a stick. Even the famous Cao Cao only dared to use the weaker Hanoi Haoqiang to kill chickens and monkeys, and he still focused on wooing the really powerful scholars. Otherwise, the Bohai Gao clan would not have been able to go unpunished until the establishment of the Northern Qi Dynasty. Therefore, the key to dealing with such a head snake is to improve its own strength. In this regard, Cai Ji already has a set of drafts.

"You have been presiding over Tuntian in Jizhou for more than a year, I don't know what you have to do with Tuntian? After Cai Ji accepted the grain and grass, he turned the topic back to Tuntian.

I saw Tai Shici pondering for a moment and said, "Don't hide it from the lord, the method of dividing the fields set up by the tun is too harsh, and there are very few people who are naturalized as tun households. ＂

Regarding the question reflected by Tai Shici, Cai Ji nodded thoughtfully. The difference between the rent of the tun households and the land tax of the assigned households was 16 times. Although the tunhu does not theoretically have to serve as a laborer, in such a troubled world, if there is really a big war at the moment, how can the government care whether you are a tunhu or a household. The reason why Cai Ji was able to promote Tuntian in Xuzhou and Qingzhou was because the two areas had bred a large number of homeless refugees through wars and natural disasters. Under the circumstance of lack of food and precariousness, the refugees had to accept the harsh conditions of the government to participate in the tuntian.

The situation in the Bohai Sea is different from that of Xu and Qingzhou, which has not suffered from large-scale wars, has a large population, and has fertile land. Naturally, the people of Bohai would not be stupid enough to rent the land of the government and pay 16 times more taxes than before. In fact, not only Bohai, but with the passage of time, more and more counties in the rear will lose interest in Tuntian, and there will even be large-scale escape incidents of tuntian. Although the tuntian system established by Cao Cao in history has been revised several times, in the end it only survived for 68 years. Of course, this does not mean that the tuntian system has been eliminated, in fact, the tuntian system has been in China in different forms for more than 1,800 years. However, subsequent history proved that the tuntian system was more suitable for promotion in frontier or remote areas, and in more affluent areas, the tuntian system would inevitably collapse on its own.

The other bureaucrats present did not know Cai Ji's attitude, nor did they have the confidence to question the Tuntian system, which is now in full swing, so most of them chose to wait and see. However, Cai Ji did not shy away from echoing and said, "Not only Bohai, but also in Donglai and Beihai counties, there are also agricultural officials who have reported that some tunhu have abandoned their fields and fled. Therefore, Gu planned to reform the tuntian system, and first tried to give the land to the people in Jizhou. ＂

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The last two chapters may be a bit boring, forgive me, forgive me. In addition, I didn't expect to write about Bohai Gao's, and found that my husband downloaded the King of Lanling~~~cough~ Forget it, don't complain about that bad movie. (To be continued......)