The commotion in the temple stopped in an instant, everyone turned their heads and looked at Cao Cao, Cao Cao's face was solemn, he looked at the Son of Heaven seriously, and ignored anyone, the Son of Heaven looked at him, frowned, pondered, and looked at the rest of the ministers, from Lu Zhi, Xun Yu, to Yuan Shu, Dong Zhuo, the Son of Heaven had no words, waved his hand, and said, "You will come to see me later." ”

Yuan Yi was carried away by the imperial doctor's order, but in the temple, he left a touch of blood, blood that could not be eliminated, enveloping the entire temple, and the officials were silent, even if it was Yuan Shu, he frowned, he has always been very supportive of innovation, but now, he also has some hesitation in his heart, he doesn't know whether this decree between himself and Cao Cao can benefit the family and the country, or will cause turmoil.

"Your Majesty... This matter still has to be considered in the long run...."

"It's already been discussed, so why bother?!"

Cao Cao said: "Since Sejong, the rich have become richer, the poor have become poorer, the cultivators have no land, the big clans have been in the wilderness, and before Emperor Xiaokang advanced the tuntian, how many people did not have arable land?" DID YOU KNOW?? ”

"Now there are all the people, and they have never heard of a starvation death in the country!" Someone retorted.

"Treating the symptoms but not the root cause, after a hundred years, these reclaimed fields will once again become your bag!" Cao Cao roared.

"Cao Mengde!! Don't spew blood!! ”

Cao Cao smiled disdainfully, ignoring these angry ministers at all, and looked at the Son of Heaven again, he hoped that the Son of Heaven would also support him.

The Son of Heaven looked at him and didn't dare to make a decision lightly.

"Highway... What do you think? ”

Cao Cao hurriedly asked again, these are all made by him and Yuan Shu, Yuan Shu is the confidant of the Son of Heaven, the Son of Heaven attaches great importance to him, as long as he speaks, he will definitely be able to convince the Son of Heaven!

Yuan Shu looked at Cao Cao, pursed his lips, pondered for a long time, and replied, "Let's discuss it later...."

At that moment, Cao Cao was a little surprised, a little surprised, he looked at Yuan Shu, wanted to ask, but couldn't say anything.

"Scatter!"

This is the end of the court meeting, Cao Cao looked at the ministers around him, he missed the best opportunity, if it can't be done today, it will be even more difficult in the future, because, after these ministers return, they will definitely make waves, make adequate preparations, to compete with themselves, they will not understand, their new policy, can play a huge role in the world!

"Hahahaha!"

Cao Cao laughed, laughing wildly, his laughter, in the ears of the hundred officials, was so harsh, watching the ministers leave the temple one by one, Cao Cao stopped, looking at the sound and shadow of the hundred officials, shaking his head, Yuan Shu stepped forward and said: "Meng De, this matter is a huge risk, you can't decide easily, you have to think more..."

"You've been talking about it for half a year... Isn't that enough? ”

"Not enough!"

"Hahahaha, okay, then you go and think about it slowly, Cao Cao alone can also set up this immortal cause, one day, future generations will point to your grave and scold, and then recite a Cao Gong chant!" Cao Cao smiled, and walked to the Houde Hall with Hanmen, leaving only Yuan Shu alone, standing in the main hall, looking at Cao Cao in the distance, silent.

After Cao Cao entered the Houde Palace, the Son of Heaven let the rest of the people leave, and even Hanmen did not stay, and in the entire Houde Palace, only the Son of Heaven and Cao Cao were left, the two sat facing each other, the Son of Heaven pondered for a moment, and asked: "The new policy, how much tax will the treasury increase?" ”

"Your Majesty, the current amount can be doubled."

"Huh? Seriously? ”

"This is the lowest calculation, in the locality, I don't know how many wealthy families, the arable land is in millions of hectares..."

"Will there be any harm to the people, for some Li Shu with good family backgrounds..."

"Your Majesty, there are strict specifications for the upper amount, and there is an amount for each paragraph, and for the people, this great benefit is harmless."

"Well. But if you act like this, you are afraid that the resistance will be huge. ”

"Your Majesty knows that it is these fools who claim to be virtuous... Your Majesty, these people are indeed the pillars of the country, serving as officials, wielding pen and ink, it is their business, however, over the years, the family has expanded day and night, annexed the land, and hundreds of people have been ruined. ”

"The minister is sure that after a hundred years, these cultivated fields will still be transferred to the hands of the family, and the people will still be in trouble, Your Majesty should be worried about the people, not these great sages, to deal with these traitors, only one jailer is needed, but if the people of the world can't survive... Alas..."

"What's more, there is the prince's new policy first, and the minister feels that the prince has seen these things very early, and the ministers are the same, and his previous actions are to prevent such a merger. In the past, only the big families who could govern the world as officials and Li Shu families could also appear in such virtuous families! ”

"Nowadays, although there are fewer virtuous people from poor families, how many people are in the family, and how many are the poor families? The science system, as well as the official school system implemented by the prince, will be implemented together, and in another ten years, I think that the number of children of the poor family will be able to overwhelm the family, and then twenty years, thirty years, and a hundred years later, the family will not be afraid! ”

"And what I want to do now is to continue what the prince has not done, and fundamentally interrupt the situation of such annexation, only such a reasonable tax system can make the family have no courage to continue to merge, and the amount of arable land is too high, and the tax will rise to the point that they can hardly bear, which is a great good thing for the family and the country!!"

As soon as Cao Cao said this, the heart of the Son of Heaven gradually brightened.

Cao Cao continued: "The minister knows that after today, when I walk out of this palace gate, I will be the first traitor in Xiping, the letter of impeachment in the future, the hostility of hundreds of officials, or the victory with the prince, however, the minister is not afraid, the minister is willing to bear it with all his might, I only hope that Your Majesty can help!" ”

"Hahaha!" The Son of Heaven actually laughed too, he patted Cao Cao's shoulder and said, "Cao Gong, you are wrong! ”

"I don't know what's wrong?"

"You're not the only one who will bear the infamy in the future!"

"Hahaha!"

The two monarchs and ministers immediately laughed.

The eleventh year of Xiping, the end of the year

After Cao Cao revised it again and made the content more thorough, the new policy was still implemented, and in the case of the full opposition of hundreds of officials, it was implemented, and Cao Cao directly chose to implement the new policy in the whole world next year.

In order to prevent them from having fornications with the clans, Cao Cao sent a large number of people to each county and let them supervise each other, Cao Cao did not believe that the clans could control all the officials of so many people, of course, Cao Cao knew that the local officials would not cooperate with the people they sent.

Therefore, he asked the Son of Heaven to dispatch the Southern Army, the Northern Army, and the garrisons in various places, leading the army Sima, the school captain, etc., to go to the surrounding towns, but whenever there is anything, let the tax officials report to the army, with the deterrence of the army, these people can not do anything at all, sure enough, as Cao Cao thought, when the army is dispatched, the local officials no longer dare to be presumptuous.

The DPRK and China quarreled endlessly over this, and even more than 30 ministers played the Son of Heaven in a row, forcing each other to resign.

No, the attitude of the Son of Heaven is even firmer than Cao Cao, he directly let all these people leave, and installed his own henchmen, as well as the ministers who supported the new policy, because of the innovation, the entire temple is in the limelight, the situation is a little chaotic, Zhang He dispatched, embroidered messengers from all over the country dispatched, and in just one month, thousands of people were captured.

Forcibly stabilized the situation in Luoyang.

Cao Cao's reputation is indeed ruined, he used to have so many friends, but now no one dares to approach him, there is only one Guo Jia, who still maintains contacts with Cao Cao, and even helps each other, and in the eyes of the rest, Cao Cao is the current Wang Jiexin, and even a traitor who is more fierce than him, he instigates the Son of Heaven, the far virtuous minister, the villain, and the harsh government, and will definitely be punished!

And Cao Cao's children of those families also received a head-on blow, in the same month, Cao Cao's clan, three people were imprisoned, the evidence is conclusive, this is the Son of Heaven has no way to rescue, Cao Cao still ignored it, even if his father persuaded him not to do this, Cao Cao ignored it, and even closed the door, this is a miracle!

Cao Song roared: The son wants to destroy the Cao family? , and finally had no choice but to leave.

Dahan Sinong, I don't see my father behind closed doors!

This kind of unfilial piety made Cao Cao's reputation even more stinky, and even the people were exaggerated by the scholars, and began to scold Cao Cao, Cao Cao completely gave up his statement, everything is not important, he wants to realize the ambition in his heart, no matter what he encounters, this matter, he must do the last!!

Sitting in the study, Cao Cao did not raise his head, constantly writing, he was sitting here, unfolding the new policy of the country, in the courtyard, it was full of elite soldiers, a total of more than 100 people, finally, Cao Cao also enjoyed the treatment of Wang Fu, there were countless guards around, with the experience of Wang Fu, the Son of Heaven did not dare to take this matter lightly.

In this way, he was busy until late at night, Cao Cao felt a little headache, and some dizziness in front of him, so he stopped, stood up, opened the window, and looked at the starlight outside.

......

Not only Cao Cao, but also the Son of Heaven was not spared, the Son of Heaven's such a rigid behavior, including the non-concession to the ministers of the court, also made the image of the Son of Heaven in the eyes of the hundred officials disappear, the Son of Heaven was not surprised by this, nor was he angry, he knew that the original ministers did not like their toughness, and now it is just right.

Some of the officials insulted the Son of Heaven in front of them and were put in prison, and some were insulted in secret, and they were also arrested by Zhang He, and the Son of Heaven dismissed many ministers, and directly ordered to prohibit their relatives from serving as officials.

Of course, the exception is the Hanmeng disciples, which also causes a more severe battle between Taixue and Menzixue.

What a son of heaven is lustful, often unclothed, and frolicking with palace maids.

What is the son of heaven good wine, so Qiongyuan is full of wine, and he also uses wine to turn puppets, thinking that it is a game.

This scene is just like thirty years ago, but the difference is that now there is Zhang He, all those who express dissatisfaction with the Son of Heaven have been arrested by Zhang He for the crime of bullying the king, and the embroidered messenger has been supported by two generations of kings for nearly thirty years, and now, it has already become a behemoth, and when he is fully functional, the scholars and ministers are frightened.

The pervasive secret talks, simple and direct measures, made countless plans in their hearts come to naught.

In the eleventh year of Xiping,

A turbulent year.