You Heng's lobbying had already completed all the counties and counties of Jizhou in mid-June, but You Heng was not too satisfied with the results of this trip, so he set out on the journey again after a hurried meeting with Chen Mo.

Looking at You Heng's back, Chen Mo opened his mouth, and finally smiled helplessly, it's rare that You Heng wants to do it, let him do it.

In fact, the autumn harvest is approaching, Chen Mo has been allocating and sorting out the officials for most of the year, at least this year, the Jizhou officials must be clear, so that the people can feel the real benefits, and at that time, Chen Mo's roots in Jizhou will be established.

Moreover, the colleges in various counties and counties have also been built, and some famous teachers have been transferred from Guanzhong, Heluo, and Bingzhou one after another.

At the same time, Chen Mo also set up a pawn farmer Zhonglang general and a craftsman Zhonglang general in Jizhou, who were specifically responsible for sorting out the waterways in Jizhou and building water conservancy, especially along the Yellow River, where there would be floods every few years, and this water had to be brought in, so that the bad water could become the water that nourished the land.

In July, grain taxes began to be collected in various localities.

When Emperor Ling was in power, Chen Mo remembered that the grain tax at the beginning was five taxes and one, which was considered a heavy tax at the beginning, but as long as he was not a tenant farmer of a wealthy family, there was still hope for the future.

But the tax law at that time did not apply to the present, after all, when the Taiping Sect did not rise, the entire army of the Han Dynasty could not fight more than 100,000 people, and now, only under the command of Chen Mo, the Western Regions Protectorate, and the garrison of the Western Regions under the command of Chen Mo, and the standing army of the state to defend against the Hu people, the army of various checkpoints in the land of Heluo, plus the army to guard against Cao Cao, these alone, there are 150,000 people, not to mention the army that is ready to fight at any time, after the capture of Jizhou, Chen Mo's defense army everywhere plus the troops ready to fight at any time, That adds up to 200,000 people.

If the taxes at that time were used to collect taxes, Chen Mo's soldiers and horses would have to starve to death half.

In fact, not only Chen Mo, Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Lu Bu, Liu Zhang in Shuzhong, Liu Biao in Jingzhou, and Sun Ce in Jiangdong, the taxes were not lower than Chen Mo, and there were even two taxes and one tax, and the accusation of trial and matching was a joke at all, but it was because he saw that under Chen Mo's new tax law, the most harmful thing was the wealthy family of the scholar clan who owned a large amount of land, and the trial couldn't sit still and came out to find Chen Mo to explain.

Taxation has not changed much for ordinary people, but from Jizhou to Chen Mo's entry into Jizhou, the power of scholars has spread almost all over Jizhou, and there are ordinary people, almost all of them are tenant farmers.

Chen Mo used the Jizhou slaughter and stability slaughter to make a large amount of land fall into Chen Mo's hands, and those tenant farmers who originally belonged to these families became tenant farmers of the government, and they did not have their own land, but they could leave more than sixty percent of the grain they planted, and as a tenant farmer in the wealthy family, they could leave a good achievement, and they could survive by relying on the charity of the wealthy family.

No one is a fool, the difference between the new deal and the old law is clear at a glance, coupled with the public opinion guidance that Chen Mo has done in the past six months, when the time comes, this root will stand.

In fact, there is no need to wait for the autumn harvest, the new tax law has now reached the township, this is Chen Mo's regulations, although most people do not believe it, but there is some expectation in their hearts, and when the final result comes out, that is, when Chen Mo has a firm foothold in Jizhou.

It is also for this reason that Chen Mo has stayed in Jizhou and does not return to Luoyang, as long as this year is smooth, next year will be much easier, and then the time will be followed by the implementation of the three schools in Jizhou, and then from Jizhou to the place where the foundation has been laid in Guanzhong, the hearts of the people and the army, this is all there.

The grain tax is being collected, and the gap between them has become the hottest topic of discussion among the people under the impetus of Chen Mo.

Changing the criticism of the new policy at the beginning of the year, the people who get the benefits don't matter what your family is, the benefits in your hands are far more touching than the words full of benevolence and morality.

In order to appease the dissatisfaction of the tenant farmers in the family, they also gave more than 30% to the court, and the remaining 60% could not be given to the tenant farmers, but at least half of the points were scored, otherwise the gap would be too big.

Even so, Chen Mo won the hearts of the people in Jizhou for a while, and there were even songs and ballads among the people to praise Chen Mo, and even many tenant farmers went to the government to sue the officials, exposing some of their employers' past evil deeds, hoping that the imperial court could take back the land.

Of course, this is an exception, and most of them are not accepted, except for those who are really angry.

Just like Chen Mo and Zhao Yun said, there can be no people in this world, but if you want to have a stable society, you must also have enough scholars to govern.

Yecheng, the General's Mansion, and the trial is here again.

It's just that compared to the last time, this trial is not as righteous as the last time.

"Looks like I'm right." Chen Mo looked at the trial and smiled.

The trial is silent, he actually doesn't want to come, but the judge is also a Jizhou family, even if he himself doesn't want to, but his relatives and friends come to beg, what can he do? People live in this world, it is impossible to live only one person, the last time he came, it was for Jizhou scholars, this time, it was for himself, but Chen Mo asked this sentence, so that the judge did not know how to answer.

Is the New Deal good?

It is good for the people, but it hurts the foundation of the Jizhou scholars, and it is foreseeable that under this system, the ceiling of Chen Mo's family has been pressed down by Chen Mo's hand.

In these years, financial resources are a very important part of the family's heritage, without this, it is difficult to hold the imperial court, and more importantly, Chen Mo's new policy is more than that.

The judge sighed: "The general is also a famous family, why do you bother to be such a martyr now?" ”

Before Chen Mo made his career, he was actually removed from the lineage and belonged to the Shu family, but as Chen Mo's status gradually became prominent, the Chen family pulled Chen Mo back to the lineage, so that Chen Mo was indeed a scholar.

"Zhengnan is also a well-educated person, don't you think this world is like a disease?" Chen Mo looked at the trial and did not refute, he did spend a lot of thought on his background back then, and becoming a scholar was something that Chen Mo longed for back then.

"That's why people of insight are needed to set things right, the general does this, although it can make the people rich for a while, but it also offends the people of insight in the world, and the future may be ......" The judge shook his head and said: "You need to know how ignorant the people are, and they need to be educated by people of insight, although the general has won the hearts of the people in a short period of time with this partial law, but it is just to lure it, and the people are not grateful, and after a long time, they will only get used to it and be more presumptuous, which is not the right way." ”

"But if the crux of the problem is the person of insight that Zhengnan said?" Chen Mo looked at the judge and asked with a smile: "Under the old law, I haven't seen how simple the people are, but people who are hungry and crazy will rebel, Mr. Zhengnan is from a famous family, and he probably hasn't experienced the taste of hunger, right?" ”

"What do you mean by that?" The judge's heart sank, and he looked at Chen Modao.

"There is indeed a need for scholars to govern the world, but not every scholar is a sage." Chen Mo knocked on the table, looked at the judge, and said, "Human nature is selfish, otherwise with Mr. Zhengnan as a human being, I am afraid that he would not be standing here today." ”

The judge wanted to refute, but he couldn't refute it, he really came today because his family, relatives and friends were damaged, so he came, otherwise the last time the conversation had collapsed, and with his character, he would never come.

"I don't deny the importance of scholars, but if there is no restriction on scholars' rights, it will continue to expand as before, until in the end all the fields belong to scholars, the people have nowhere to farm, and it is difficult to issue court decrees, and then the world is in chaos, Mr. Zhengnan will see if this is the case since Emperor Ling?" Chen Mo asked with a smile.

The Han Dynasty has today, there are many reasons, many nodes have deviated, resulting in the original Han who was still saved step by step to the current situation of the division of the princes, Emperor Ling died too early, He Jin failed to seize the opportunity to stabilize the situation, Dong Zhuo, Wang Yun, the Han actually had a chance, but unfortunately, it was lost by one reason or another.

But it cannot be denied that the expansion of the power of the scholars to the point that the imperial court can no longer be fully controlled, is the root of all this, if there is no such environment, the world will not be like this.

It is undeniable that Chen Mo's rise is also related to this, but it is precisely because of this that Chen Mo will continue to restrict the power of the scholars from the beginning.

Judging with a sigh, Chen Mo was right, in fact, compared with ordinary people, those scholars who had a large amount of land, even if they lived on tenant rent, they could have no worries about food and clothing.

But human nature is greedy, from thrift to luxury, from luxury to thrift, at least most people are like this, accustomed to the daily gold, now it has become three days or five days or even ten days to enter the gold, how many people can accept it?

But as Chen Mo said, the unrestricted expansion of scholarly power has become the crux of the problem, if you don't bear to cut your flesh, even if the world is unified, it will just fall back into the cycle of one big man after another.

But the trial is a scholar, and what Chen Mo stands on is the overlord of one side and the perspective of the whole world, but the trial is to look at things from the position of the scholar class, and the two of them see and consider things differently.

Even if he knew that it was poisonous, he believed that there was a better way, such as stipulating that the gentry clan would give the tenant farmers enough food to live on, such as using morality to restrain instead of Chen Mo's complete law-based drastic cut, which must be very painful.

Chen Mo looked at the appearance of the match, and knew that he couldn't convince him, even if the other party knew that he was not reasonable, not all people from the wealthy family were Zhao Yun, even if his own interests were damaged, he was willing to stand on the side of righteousness.

And Zhao Yun is only a strong man, compared with a big family like the trial, the Zhao family's family background is not even worthy of lifting shoes, so it is natural to let Zhao Yun be free and easy, but the trial can't, Chen Mo is cutting their flesh, which is good for the world, but it is achieved at the expense of them, so he is naturally unwilling.

"That's it, Mr. Jeongnam can come to me if he has figured it out." Chen Mo got up to see off the guests, since the two sides insisted on it, it would only be unpleasant to say it again, it was better to save some effort.

"Farewell." The judge nodded and got up, saluted Chen Mo, and turned to leave.