Chapter 377: Exclusion
A long time ago, Chen Mo had inferred that if the policy of Guanzhong was extended to the world, not to mention the resistance, the manpower and material resources required alone were an astonishing figure, and they could be implemented in Jizhou before, relying on the reasonable killing of the scholars when Chen Mo entered Jizhou, and more than half of the wealthy families in Jizhou died in that battle, and a large amount of land was vacated and returned to the government office by Chen Mo, so that Chen Mo's law could be successfully implemented in Jizhou.
But this time, Cao Cao's initiative to retreat did not leave Chen Mo this opportunity, and the cities around the country fell to the wind, although Chen Mo won a large amount of territory in a very short period of time, but it was precisely because of this that Chen Mo was greatly resisted in the process of further governance, and the officials sent from all over the country were unable to move an inch, and the local gentry and prominent families would not be clearly against the government office, but they would restrict the rights of the government office through various means, and the officials sent by Chen Mo would be elevated.
In fact, in Chen Mo's view, the gentry and the wang clan are only one aspect, what is really difficult to deal with is the clan forces at the grassroots level, if these rural clan forces are discussed alone, they cannot be compared with the wealthy clans, but the number is large, one mile or even one township, and the resistance of these people is the real difficulty.
If the butcher's knife is sacrificed, then there will be nothing left in the Central Plains, and it is not realistic to control it by public opinion, the Central Plains is densely populated, and the townships are very wary of outsiders, Chen Mo can control public opinion in Guanzhong, that is when Guanzhong continued to experience wars and turmoil, and the displaced people were everywhere, after Chen Mo reorganized, he established enough prestige, and at the same time, the sky net established at that time could also easily infiltrate the people.
And now there is no such foundation, although Skynet has infiltrated before, but it is only aimed at the city, but now the most important resistance comes from this township.
The law of the imperial court is not comparable to the clan law, even if someone commits a crime, the township will be blessed, the Yellow Turban Rebellion has been more than 20 years so far, the rules of the people have long been restored, even if the Central Plains princes later war, the Yellow Turban and the current princes are not the same, but if the destruction of the people, the princes no matter what, will protect the people to a certain extent, although the people will be displaced by the war, but the harm to the people's livelihood is still not as good as the Taiping Religion of the year.
"My lord." Suiyang, the former Cao Mansion, Xun You and Xu Shu sat under Chen Mo, Xun You bowed to Chen Mo and said: "The minister thinks that the situation in the Central Plains is different from that of Guanzhong, and continuing to implement the law practiced in the past will make the political situation in the Central Plains unstable, so we should slow it down!" ”
Although Xu Shu didn't speak, he obviously agreed with Xun Yu's words, although the law is the foundation of the country, but unless it can really be the same, even if the law itself is good, but in the process of implementation, it is easy to have problems, but there will be all kinds of problems.
For example, Chen Mo's tax law is based on the land he owns to collect taxes, which seems very simple, but the people who occupy the most fields in the township are obviously unwilling to change, they will gather the rural people to resist, Chen Mo's tax law protects these people in the countryside with few fields, logically speaking, these people should support Chen Mo, but in fact they are not.
These people in the countryside occupy a large number of fields, generally Lizheng, the three elders or their related clans, or the entire township is a clan and a surname, although these people occupy a lot of wealth, but they will also benefit the clansmen on weekdays, and the clansmen will be more supportive of them, to put it bluntly, how to deal with the problem internally is their business, outsiders can not interfere, at this time, the new law of the court for them, may be good for individuals, but for the entire clan, it is harmful to the interests of the entire clan, plus the transmission of government decrees, As the head of these clans themselves, how could it be possible to pass on the complete decree at this time?
The people of Guanzhong have accepted this system, even if the clan leader wants to change, the people in the township will not let it, but this side is transferred, the court decree may be good, but it can't reach the ears of the people, even if it does, the people's judgment is not high, and they are more willing to accept their own methods, which is the fundamental reason why Chen Mo's decree is difficult to implement.
Now the counties of Xuzhou, Yanzhou, and Yuzhou have been basically attached, but as officials at all levels were dispatched, there was a riot.
It's not that Chen Mo's method is not good, but this thing has to be done step by step, and if the spell is forcibly cast, it will be resisted, and like now, there has been a trend of riots in various places.
Chen Mo nodded, he also noticed this, so he asked the two to discuss: "The tax law can't be changed, it can be appropriately reduced, but it won't change, since they are not willing to accept this, then measure the land in the countryside, and collect taxes based on the township, and the county tax officials only need to find the three elders in the township and the right to collect taxes." ”
It hasn't changed at all, but it's equivalent to letting the local three elders and Li Zheng help collect the tax, and then hand it over to the tax collector.
It seems to be different, but in fact, it was Chen Mo who made concessions to these people, Chen Mo reduced some taxes, a li or a township, and collected taxes with all their cultivated land, and the three elders or Li Zheng only needed to pay what the imperial court wanted, but when the three elders and Li Zheng conveyed the decree, they had the final say on how much tax they collected, and the difference during this period was counted in the hands of these people.
Of course, if someone is too excessive, too greedy, and really provokes a popular uprising, this contradiction will be transferred from the people's dissatisfaction with the court to these people, when the court comes forward to quell the rebellion, as long as the court's taxes are announced, most of the people's anger can be dispersed, and the rest will also fall on these people.
Of course, this is just an ideal state, and it is also an emergency strategy, others can be chaotic, but the people can't be chaotic, this is fundamental, as long as the people are not chaotic, the affairs of the wealthy and wang clans can be done slowly, Chen Mo does not only know how to kill, since the war has not lost them, then next, it will be done according to the problems of the non-war period, as long as these people are not excessive, Chen Mo does not want to do things too much.
"The lord is wise!" Xu Shu and Xun You breathed a sigh of relief, they were really worried that Chen Mo would taste the benefits of the Jizhou massacre back then, and they were ready to kill the chaos, in that case, the Central Plains would probably have another war.
"Pass it down first, see the effect, if it doesn't work, then think of another way." Chen Mo looked at the two of them, shook his head and smiled.
"Well, I'll wait for this to go and give the order." Xu Shu and Xun You got up, bowed to Chen Mo and then retreated.
There seems to be no problem with the decree for the time being, but how it is, it depends on the local reaction after the implementation, this matter is not in a hurry, now Cao Cao retreats to Qingzhou, and may counterattack at any time, Sun Ce and Liu Bei are also ready to move, the Central Plains at this time should be stable.