The thirteenth year of Xiping, May

The Son of Heaven issued a new policy based on Cao Cao's performance, but in the court discussion, this performance was not given by Cao Cao, because Cao Cao knew in his heart that if he played these games, the scholars would not only not understand his good intentions, but might resist accepting these rewards, and take it as their honor to face the treachery and not buy it.

Therefore, in the court meeting, these things were proposed by Situ Luzhi.

Although Lu Zhi didn't support the new deal very much, but the Son of Heaven had instructions, he would not oppose them, not to mention that the Son of Heaven's orders were still the actions of the Ming monarch, cherishing the talents, such a wise move, he must have supported it, after Situ played, the Son of Heaven naturally agreed, and the hundred officials were particularly surprised by this, and they all hurriedly went to see Cao Cao's expression.

They originally thought that Cao Cao would be extremely angry with Lu Zhi's approach, and even did not hesitate to argue with Situ in person, but Cao Cao was not as they thought, he always looked calm and confident, which made the ministers even more disgusted.

Subsequently, the decree began to be implemented, because only the students studying in the four universities can get the corresponding reduction in taxes, so the implementation of the decree is not very cumbersome, only need to transfer out the list of institutions, and make statistics, this decree for the family, there is still a huge benefit, because the children of the family who study in the school are the most.

And for each additional person, they will be able to reap the benefits of reduced taxes.

Therefore, no one objected to this order, and it spread as quickly as possible, and the students who benefited the most, as well as their clans, were extremely happy, and praised the importance that the Son of Heaven attached to the virtuous and the virtues of Situ Lugong.

In just two months, the objection to the new policy turned out to be much smaller, because the taxes of the big families have been reduced to a certain extent because of these students, and in addition, the temple has shown its importance to the virtuous, they have gained benefits, and at the same time, they have also lost their reputation, and they can no longer attack the new deal in the name of the temple not paying attention to the virtuous.

Of course, another plaque, the so-called medal for outstanding students, was also proposed by Lu Zhi and quickly implemented.

As Cao Cao thought, the vast majority of the family, and even the middle school students, no longer criticized the new policy, although they did not support it, but they still made them shut up, locally, the resistance to the new policy is rapidly decreasing, at this time, the ministers only understood the true intention of the Son of Heaven, he wants to use these favors to shut us up!

However, how can they, as world-renowned men, support evil for the sake of this small favor?

However, they can't find the name of attacking the new deal, if it is harmful to the people, then the people in many areas are now grateful to Dade for the reduction of the taxes paid, this name can call on manpower is not much, they can only meditate, want to find a new reason, in the period of their hard thinking, Cao Cao took the opportunity to expand the scope of the new deal.

He separated the township rank from the county official system, directly under the jurisdiction of the assassin history, and generally obeyed the orders of Sikong, the township has rank, that is, the local township officials, are responsible for collecting taxes, they belong to the county, listen to the orders of the local Taishou, rank 100 stones, and control a township, and Cao Cao realized that the local forces destroyed the measures, so he divided the township rank from the county.

And, increased to 400 stones, in the tax collection affairs, the local officials need to cooperate with them, obey them, in the local, they only need to wait for the order of the assassin, Cao Cao also strengthened the authority of the post, the township has an order in the tax collection of all things, the post must follow, and supervise, not only to the township itself, but also to the county officials to supervise.

The township has the power to remove, he was in charge of a township, litigation and taxation, but Cao Cao did not want them to participate in additional chores, in the removal of the original power at the same time, Cao Cao gave them greater power in taxation, he wanted the township to take back all the power of the local Taishou county order for taxes, including the investigation, quota, collection, a series of processes to be transported to Luoyang.

Cao Cao took all these back from the hands of the local officials, and then handed them over to the township Youzhi, he announced this decree in May, because Xing Ziang was not in Shangshutai, so there were Shangshu servants Guo Jia passed this decree, this decree was implemented, of course, as usual, caused a lot of sensation in the local area, you know, the local officials' political achievements, to pass the local taxes.

They will investigate, count, and then hand over to the Son of Heaven, this act is called Shangji, is a continuation of the pre-Qin period, to this day, these are actually taken away, however, the local officials are different from the temple ministers, they can not oppose any policy of the temple, because their opposition will cause the temple to be jealous, that is, the jealousy of the Son of Heaven, when the time comes, they may be waiting for the Northern Army, or Zhang He.

What's more, in the Xiping year, the strength of the local Taishou was reduced to an unprecedented period, because of Cui Gong's military tun law, the local no longer retains the county soldiers, only the county government guards, the local pavilion guards to deal with thieves, maintain law and order, the rest of the soldiers, not left at all, all turned into border military brigades, in the border area to reclaim the tuntian.

Therefore, the military power in the hands of Taishou can be said to be extremely low, and now, financially, it has been seized by the township order.

Under the close cooperation of the township and the capital, Cao Cao reluctantly established a relatively perfect tax system at the local level, and this system is more different from the past, the difference is that the tax is separated from the local officials, and it is directly controlled by the temple, and the ministers of the court and the central government did not object to this, the reason is very simple, because they are the ministers of the temple.

They were happy and supportive of being able to restrain the magistrates and take back this power back to the temple, even if it was proposed by Cao Thief to carry out his new policy.

In September of the thirteenth year of Xiping, this system was formed in various places one after another, and the structure of the new deal was established at the local level, compared with before, the resistance of the new deal was reduced again, and the local officials could no longer meddle in related affairs, nor could they hide the number of grain produced, or secretly did not cooperate, because in the township rank, they also followed the capital post, and the capital post could directly play the history of the assassination, and even directly play the son of heaven!

For a time, the situation of the new deal was very good, the scholars no longer objected, and the local resistance was reduced, which made Cao Cao particularly excited, his new deal had been successful for most of the time, and at this time, the ministers of the DPRK and China came up with a new name, they didn't dare to drag it out any longer, they just gave Cao Cao less than half a year of leisure, and Cao Cao made such a big move.

If he continues to leave it alone, won't Cao Cao be able to complete the implementation?

In October, there was a minister who played the Son of Heaven, Cao Cao's unfilial piety, how could it be a benevolent and righteous government?

They shifted the name from the New Deal itself to the implementer Cao Cao, Cao Cao, as the initiator and even implementer of the New Deal, he himself was a son of disobedience and despised by everyone, what kind of good move could his move be? He is an unfilial son who ignores the relationship between father and son for the sake of his official body, and even rejects his biological father, such a person is not worthy of implementing measures to govern the world.

After finding the name, Cao Cao issued an administrative order, but was once again blocked.

He himself did not expect that these shameless talents would be able to use this as an excuse to target the New Deal.

Sitting in the Hall of Houde, the Son of Heaven and Cao Cao sat facing each other.

"Now, the situation is very good, they have no way to change the general trend with a few mouths, I will order Zhang He, let him catch another batch...."The Son of Heaven said with some annoyance, he felt that he had reached the point where he could not bear it anymore, in order to make the new policy smoothly implemented, he had given these people a lot of favors, and now they are still persecuting like this, it seems that it is time for them to feel the anger of the Son of Heaven.

When Cao Cao heard this, he shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, no, the minister of the temple, you can't centrifuge, if the minister is centrifuged, acting under the coercion of Your Majesty, it is not good for the National Congress, and this matter needs to be carefully considered." ”

"Consider? I just gave in too much, so these thieves were bullied!! ”

The Son of Heaven said angrily.

"Your Majesty, don't be angry, this matter can be solved by just one person."

"Oh?"

"Who?"

"Yuan Shao, Yuan Benchu."

The Son of Heaven frowned, looked at Cao Cao, didn't know what Cao Cao meant, Cao Cao smiled and said: "Your Majesty, now that the matter of the new policy is gradually becoming clear, it has been implemented locally, Your Majesty will recall Yuan Benchu to Luoyang, remove him from the position of minister, let him serve as the secretary, and continue to implement the new policy.. The ministers of the DPRK and the Central Committee are afraid that no one will oppose it, and the new policy will definitely be accomplished. ”

"I won't remove your... Don't say that again. ”

Whether this is the true words of the Son of Heaven or not, Cao Cao heard this, his heart was still a little warm, he got up, bowed to the Son of Heaven, and said: "Thank you for Your Majesty's kindness, it's just that the matter of the new deal is very important, the minister came from a humble background, only after being emasculated, and now he is hated by hundreds of officials, and the minister continues to implement the new policy, it is difficult to succeed... Yuan Shao is different, he has won the heart of the world's scholars, has a great reputation, and his political achievements are extraordinary. ”

"He is the commoner, the implementation of the new policy, is different from the ministers, the ministers of the court, there will be no more opposition, at least, in the short term, there will be no one to oppose it."

The Son of Heaven frowned, his finger tapped the case, he thought for a long time, and asked, "I don't want to do this to you." ”

"Hahaha, Your Majesty, the minister has been implementing the new policy for nearly three years, within these three years, the minister has no day to rest with peace of mind, it is really busy, if His Majesty can let the minister rest for a period of time, it is no better, the minister will not rest all day, the minister will observe everywhere, in order to observe the advantages and disadvantages of the new policy, and then think about ways to improve, directly to Your Majesty."

"Yuan Shao, a member of the Yuan family, will he succeed you and continue to implement the new policy?"

"Your Majesty, he will definitely be, Yuan Benchu has many friends and a lot of prestige, but his fame is too heavy, and his competitiveness is stronger, over the years, he has thought of countless ways to enter the temple, but His Majesty still hasn't recalled him to Luoyang... As long as the minister continues to implement the new policy as a condition, let him return to Luoyang and serve as the third duke, this person will definitely come! ”

"Moreover, in order to prove that he is not weaker than his ministers, not weaker than Yuan Highway, he will act more diligently...."Cao Cao said with a smile.

The Son of Heaven asked with some surprise, "How do you know?" ”

"Hahaha, Your Majesty, the minister and him have known each other since childhood, and as for today, they are all friends, I know this person very well, how can I not know the reason?"

The Son of Heaven let out a long sigh and said, "I think again..."

Cao Cao stood up, faced the Son of Heaven, and threw his hand suddenly, waving his sleeves open, like a phoenix with wings spread, he looked solemn and resolute, and he said: "Your Majesty! For the sake of Li Shu in this world, for the sake of my Han Jiangshan, even if Meng De is executed, what can I do? The minister is not willing at all!! I hope Your Majesty will give an order! Severely punish Cao Mengde!! ”

The Son of Heaven's heart was shocked, he also stood up, looked at Cao Cao in front of him, stretched out his hand, and held his hand.

"Your Majesty..."

"Huh?"

"Can you punish me without whipping?"

"Hahaha!"