Xiping 12 years, the end of the year

Tingwei Prison,

Under the escort of the two soldiers, Yuan Shu slowly walked out of the gate, there were snowflakes floating in the sky, but it was not big, and there was only some mud on the ground, and there was no snow yet, Yuan Shu felt a little emotion in his heart, after April, he finally came out, it was a little cold outside, he was still wearing his original clothes, and he felt the chill slightly, and outside the door, there was a group of people standing.

Liu Mastiff, Zhuge Liang, Sima Yi, Hua Xiong, Guan Yu, and some domestic slaves, and two carriages and horses were parked.

"Meet Master!"

"Meet Yuan Gong!"

"Captain, you're finally out... I almost led someone to storm the prison..."

Liu Mastiff took the cloak from the side and hurriedly hung it on Yuan Shu's body, this cloak is quite heavy, some weight, Yuan Shu is draped on his body, it is considered to have gone to some cold, get on the carriage and horse, and everyone will return in the direction of Yuan's mansion.

The Son of Heaven issued a punishment order for Yuan Shu yesterday, removing him from his official status and demoting him to Li Shu, so he no longer asked, in all fairness, this punishment is very lenient for Yuan Shu, after all, he led the crowd to commit murder in Luoyang, or dealt with the relatives, and for such a crime, the Son of Heaven only locked up Yuan Shu for four months, and then took away his official body.

For such a result, except for the closeness of the Cao family, most of the rest of the people still agree, after all, these days, the matter of the emperor's eldest son being bullied has been widely spread in Luoyang, everyone knows it, and many students have been on the table together, hoping that the Son of Heaven can release him, and Tingwei is also under the pressure brought by hundreds of officials.

A large number of courtiers led by Situ Luzhi were able to shelter Yuan Shu.

Therefore, the Son of Heaven did not punish him heavily, of course, there are also reasons for the Son of Heaven himself, the Son of Heaven trusts Yuan Shu, and has known Yuan Shu since childhood, so he let him go.

After returning to the mansion, he went straight to the study.

"Shijun..."Liu Mastiff got up, bowed, and said: "Shijun, because of the mastiff's fault, Shijun has been affected...", his words were a little sad, and he almost couldn't help crying, Yuan Shu directly interrupted him, and said: "No need to say more, these are just trivial things.... Besides, I didn't suffer any crimes, and all my former subordinates were in prison..."

"Thank you, Master!" Liu Mastiff bowed.

Yuan Shu chatted with them for a while, and then asked directly: "What's wrong with the New Deal?" ”

Liu Mastiff was stunned for a moment, and looked at Sima Yi on the side, whether it was him or Zhuge Liang, he didn't know much about this matter, only Sima Yi, because of his father and eldest brother, knew about these major events in the court, Sima Yi said: "Yuan Gong, I don't know much about this, but this year's taxes are very high, and the Son of Heaven seems to be very happy..."

"Very high?"

"Yes, however, the local clans are extremely dissatisfied with this, and in Yanzhou, Yuzhou, and Yizhou, there have been things to resist officials..."

"En..."Yuan Shu nodded, and he asked again: "Chaozhong, who is in the position of Sikong now?" ”

"Si Nong Cao Gong, served as the vacant position."

"What about Si Nong's position?"

"The Son of Heaven ordered Donghao to guard Liu Bei to return to the temple and worship as Si Nong."

Yuan Shu nodded, Cao Cao served as the secretary, he was still trustworthy, when he was in office, the treasury was already a little unable to support the huge consumption, some could not make ends meet, listening to Sima Yi's words, it seems that the treasury has been regulated, and it is no longer empty, however, according to the character of the Son of Heaven, as long as the treasury has some money, he will definitely not be able to sit still, and he will have to issue various policies again....

However, he didn't have to think about these anymore, Yuan Shu looked at the Liu mastiff in front of him, and said, "Prepare the car and horse...", he is going to see Yuan Feng, for such a long time, my father must be very worried... It's better to see him sooner and let him settle down.

.........

At the same time, in Cao's mansion, Cao Cao sat in his study, burying his head, not knowing what he was writing.

Cao Song stood beside him, on crutches, trembling all over.

"Da Lang... Your uncle, I have loved you since I was a child..."Cao Song said, staring closely at Cao Cao in front of him, Cao Cao still didn't raise his head, and continued to be busy, "Father, I know... It's just that now is my busiest time... I'll talk about these things later..."

"The murderer who bullied your uncle is released today!! You are indifferent!! ”

"Father... What can I do? Send someone to kill him..."

"You are the third prince, and you are deeply loved by the Son of Heaven, so can't you say a word or two in front of the Son of Heaven? Your cousin, now in the palace, is also subjected..."

"Father!" Cao Cao interrupted him when he opened his mouth, he put down the pen in his hand, looked at Cao Song, frowned, and said, "When my uncle wants to let my cousin enter the court, I just won't allow it... You and your uncle will not listen... Now that this is the case, what can I do? What's more, now, the New Deal has reached its most critical time..."

"New Deal?! New! ”

"Do you only have your career in your eyes??!" , Cao Song raised the crutches in his hand and hit Cao Cao fiercely, Cao Cao sat on his knees peacefully, without a trace of dodging, the crutches hit his forehead, Cao Cao looked at his father, watching quietly, his forehead was cut by the crutches, and on his forehead, soon there was a trace of blood, all the way across his face.

Cao Song was shocked and hurriedly called the doctor, but he held back, gritted his teeth, and looked at Cao Cao.

"Father, in the eyes of the child, it is not the official career, but the Li Shu in this world..."Cao Cao said calmly, Cao Song couldn't speak anymore, closed his eyes helplessly, turned around, leaned over, walked on crutches with difficulty, slowly left the study, and ignored him again, watching his father leave the study, Cao Cao stretched out his hand, wiped the blood on his face at will, and continued to write.

Cao Cao's writing is getting faster and faster, and his handwriting is gradually scribbling!

Cao Cao wrote frantically and threw away the pen in his hand.

"Ahh

Cao Cao slammed his fist on the case.

The green tendons on Cao Cao's forehead kept jumping, and there was a hint of fierceness in his eyes.

"Uncle..."

"Yuan Shu..."

He took a deep breath, calmed the anger in his heart, walked out of the study, changed his clothes, and asked the servants to deal with the small wound on his forehead, he had to go to the court later, he closed his eyes, let himself temporarily suppress his anger, he still has more important things to deal with, this court meeting, is very important, the effect of the new deal, changed the situation that the treasury is unable to make ends meet!

Let the temple have the strength to implement more initiatives.

This is a good opportunity, Cao Cao is still alone in the temple, except for the Son of Heaven, no one supports the new deal anymore, but now it is different, the effectiveness of the new deal, coupled with his empty identity, the plan in his heart can be implemented, after today, he will not fight alone in the temple!

Ready, Cao Cao set off.

Surrounded by a group of guards, Cao Cao came to the gate of the palace,

The hundred officials have been waiting for a long time, and now Cao Cao, whose reputation is even worse than the previous Wang Fu, saw Cao Cao coming, and the ministers avoided one after another, some disdainful, some angry, and some whispered abuse, Cao Cao ignored it, and looked for it in the crowd, and saw Shangshu Ling Xing Ziang standing alone, closing his eyes and recuperating.

Cao Cao walked to his side, Xing Ziang opened his eyes and looked at Cao Cao with some doubts, Cao Cao hurriedly bowed: "Xing Gong!" Xing Ziang said: "Cao Gonggui is the third duke, so you don't have to be so polite, but what's the matter?" ”

"I heard before that Xing Gong played and wanted to build a gallop road, but now, Xing Gong still has this intention?"

"Oh?" Xing Ziang was stunned for a moment, nodded, and said, "Naturally." ”

"Previously, the Son of Heaven did not allow Xing Gong to play, just because the treasury was not spent, and after the new policy, the treasury was greatly opened, and it was no longer empty, if Xing Gong wanted to build a gallop road, even if it was built all over the world, the treasury would be able to support it!"

Xing Ziang still had some hesitation on his face, looked at Cao Cao, and did not say anything more.

Cao Cao smiled and stopped bothering him.

"Cao Gong!"

Cao Cao looked at Liu Bei who came to see him with some astonishment, how long has it been since no minister dared to come to see him, didn't Liu Bei know the current situation? He bowed his hand in return and said with a smile: "It turned out to be Xuande... Hahaha, Xuande is still used to eating Yang's food? ”

"I'm used to eating fish and shrimp from Donghao, and here, I'm still quite uncomfortable."

The two laughed, and the surrounding ministers looked sideways, seeing that Liu Bei and Cao Cao were talking happily, and even with a little hostility towards Liu Bei.

Cao Cao and Liu Bei, ignoring it, told interesting stories about Ningzhou, and were extremely happy.

Lu Zhi led them into the palace and waited for the arrival of the Son of Heaven.

When the Son of Heaven walked into the main hall, his face was full of joy, it seemed that he was still in a good mood, and he sat down after meeting the officials.

The Son of Heaven looked at them and said, "You can play!" ”

"Your Majesty! Yanzhou, Yuzhou, Yizhou, due to the disaster of the new policy, the counties and counties are chaotic, the people are unbearable, the virtuous people are silent, the soldiers and the people, the dead and wounded, and I hope that Your Majesty will stop the new policy! ”

"Please cook Cao Mengde!!"

Baiguan said angrily, Cao Cao just sneered, didn't care, turned his head to look at Liu Bei beside him, he thought that Liu Bei would be panicked, or annoyed, but he didn't expect that Liu Bei's face was ordinary, and after discovering Cao Cao's gaze, he actually smiled gently, Cao Cao was overjoyed, he finally found a like-minded confidant!!

The Son of Heaven is happy for the treasury, where will he care about their performance, and directly ignore it, since the early years of Xiping, how could the treasury have been so rich? Now that I'm ready to show my skills, you're going to stop the new deal?

Cai Gong was surprised... The trip to the New Deal made the treasury rich, the people were spared, and the victims were just those local heroes and traitors. Cao Cao got up and said with some solemnity.

"You are taking the money of the people! Haoqiang is not for the people of the big man? The rich are not for the people? ”

"The people cultivated the land, and the property of the Li family, the harmful people went into exile everywhere, and there was no place to stand, that is the trick and the robbery.... After the implementation of the new policy, the local poor people, most of whom had not paid taxes, were grateful to Dade, and those who annexed a large amount of cultivated land were also overwhelmed by the heavy taxes and sold their arable land. Cai Gong said that the state and county are chaotic, and the most chaotic is Yizhou, so Cai Gong can know that Yizhou is strong and strong, how much arable land is dumped? ”

Cao Cao asked rhetorically, Cai Yong's face was pale, in the new deal, there are a large number of heroes and strongmen who have been found out, some of them have thousands of cultivated land, the highest is tens of thousands, such a scale, the ministers of the DPRK and China feel a little incredible, such a big family like the Yuan family, but there is not so much arable land!

"The minister thinks that only when the treasury is strong can the temple implement various measures and govern greatly... The effectiveness of the New Deal is obvious to all... I hope that you will consider the abolition of the suspension! Cao Cao said unceremoniously.

Xing Zi stood up and looked at the Son of Heaven.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks it's ....."

As expected, he still proposed the construction of Chidao, in the choice of supporting the New Deal and giving up political opinions, he finally supported the New Deal, the New Deal can make the treasury rich, and the treasury has money, he can complete many plans in his heart, can make the Han more and more rich and powerful, for the ambition in his heart, is to bear the infamy with Cao Cao, so what?