The dusk of Luoyang is very spectacular.

The afterglow of the setting sun makes the whole sky look a little yellow, there are not many pedestrians on the street, and the curfew order makes it impossible for them to stop and enjoy this very attractive scenery, Cao Cao is different, surrounded by the guards, Cao Cao rode a horse, drove slowly, the horse's hooves made a crisp sound, Cao Cao raised his head and looked at the sunset on the horizon.

Cao Cao got off the horse, looked at the mansion in front of him, smiled, when he was a child, he had played here countless times, with two friends, playing all day, committing crimes, and hid in the mansion, this is the Yuan Mansion, however, it is not the Sikong Yuan Shu Mansion, but the mansion of the old Sikong Yuan Fengzhi, compared to the newly built Sikong Mansion, the Yuan Mansion is still more exquisite, it can be seen from the yellowish copper handle on the door, which makes the Yuan Mansion look more ancient Vicissitudes.

The soldiers came forward and knocked on the door, and soon a slave came out.

Most of the servants here have followed Yuan Feng for a long time, and some are old.

"You are..."The old man looked at Cao Cao in front of him, a little familiar, but he couldn't recognize it.

"Hahaha, Gong Chen, I'm Apu, Cao Apu!"

"Ahh The old man suddenly remembered, and couldn't help grinning, "Haha, you kid has a beard, come to my young gentleman, he's not here..."

"I'm here to meet Yuan Gong."

"Come and meet the head of the house... Okay, I'll go tell you..."

It didn't take long for the old man to come out again and walk in with Cao Cao, the soldiers stayed around, and did not go in together, Cao Cao came to the study in the inner courtyard under his leadership, and let Cao Cao go in alone.

When he entered the house, he saw Yuan Feng lying on the bed, pillow on a soft mat, and a slave standing beside him.

", meet Yuan Gong!"

Yuan Feng woke up and struggled to get up, but the slave on the side hurriedly stepped forward to support, Cao Cao said: "Yuan Gong, you don't have to get up... Just lie down! Yuan Feng reluctantly sat up and looked at him, "The ceremony must not be abolished...", he also wanted to kneel on the ground, but Cao Cao refused again, and finally, he sat on the bed, and Cao Cao knelt in front of him.

"Ahh How is your father? ”

"Back to Yuan Gong, my father is fine."

"Well, that's good... These days, I heard Erlang say, you can toss all the officials in the court and the central government, why, after tossing them, you came to find trouble with the old man? ”

"Don't dare, don't dare."

"Anyway, you're looking for the old man, what's the matter..."

"Yuan Gong, the matter of the new policy, I don't need to say more, Yuan Gong knows in his heart, I implement the new policy, there is a lot of resistance, the local clans, especially resist, the officials from all over the country, should not follow, I sent the mail to, most of them disputed with the officials, so they could not be implemented, Yuan Gong was highly respected... The protégés of the Yuan family are all over the world, if Yuan Gong can help one or two... it up and appreciate it! ”

Yuan Gong raised his head, looked at Cao Cao in front of him, looked at it for a long time, and asked in surprise: "The Yuan family is all against your new policy, and you actually asked me to help?" Don't you think I'm old and confused?? ”

"That's not the case, Yuan Gong will definitely help me!"

Cao Cao said solemnly.

Yuan Feng chuckled, shook his head, and asked, "How do you think I will help you?" ”

"Just because... Yuan Gong is the prince of the king! ”

"The prince, the immortal minister, in his life, he is the only one who has recommended Yuan Gong."

"Whether the matter of the New Deal is good or bad, Yuan Gong can see through it...."

Cao Cao said, Yuan Feng's face gradually became solemn, he closed his eyes and did not speak, Cao Cao did not ask, just looked at him calmly, Yuan Feng said slowly: "Your main purpose is not to increase the source of taxes. You're trying to restrain the big families from taking up too much land, right? As long as the new policy is implemented, the big families who continue to accumulate arable land will not be able to stand this heavy tax..."

"That's true."

"Then do you know that my Yuan family is the largest family in the land?"

"Nature knows, the fifth generation of the Yuan family and the third duke, countless cultivated land, a lot of children, protégés and old officials, all over the world, if there is no new deal, after the eldest Lang Erlang, the Yuan family is naturally larger, I can't say that this cultivated land can be comparable to the heavenly family, at that time, the Son of Heaven will definitely be very happy, seeing that the Yuan family is so prosperous, the Son of Heaven can't say, and will give a special reward, what does the public think?"

Yuan Feng's hand trembled and glanced at Cao Cao.

"Yes, when the relationship between the son and Erlang is so close today, and the eldest son of the emperor is a disciple of Erlang, rewards are naturally indispensable..."

Cao Cao nodded and said, "Yes, Erlang is so close to the Son of Heaven, like a close relative, he may be able to serve as a general in the future, a golden armor sword..."

"Alright... Anyway, how do you want the old man to help you? ”

Cao Cao smiled and said, "I also hope that Yuan Gong will speak out and be able to support the new policy..."

Yuan Feng shook his head, "No, no, even if the local officials will no longer resist because of my thin noodles, they can't cure the root cause, they just forcibly maintain it for a while..."

"That...."Cao Cao frowned, obviously not too good at planning.

Yuan Feng looked at him and said: "Meng De, one person can't be the enemy of the world, if you want to implement a new policy, you need someone to support you, just the support of the people, that's not enough, you have to find a way to let the family support you, even if it's only a small part of it... I know that you are arrogant and unwilling to compromise, but if you are too strong, you are easy to break... Rigidity and softness go hand in hand, Fang is the avenue...."

"How do I get support?"

"There are only two kinds, fame or fortune."

Cao Cao still wanted to ask carefully, but Yuan Feng waved his hand and said, "I'm tired... There is no need to ask anymore...", he sighed and said: "You have been friends with Da Lang Erlang since you were a child....", he wanted to say something, but he still stopped, with the support of the slave, he lay on the bed again, Cao Cao got up, bowed, and then left the Yuan Mansion.

Walking on the road, Cao Cao was still thinking hard, it was not easy to win over these big clans, how to start from the aspect of name? Canonization and commendation? No, if a traitor like himself is commended, they will not feel that this is a glorious thing, but will be humiliated by it, Cao Cao knows this in his heart.

I still have to let the Son of Heaven do this.

As for the benefits, it is much simpler, such as reducing some of their miscellaneous taxes, or even exempting them, they must be extremely happy, or as long as they let those who pass the scientific merit be exempted from taxes, a large number of people will come to support them, but if this is the case, the number of officials who will pass the scientific examination will gradually increase in the future, but it will be a huge harm to the Han.

Or, compensation in disguise?

The DPRK and China are still arguing over this.

However, at this time, Liu Mo arrived in Yinglou County, Jiaozhou, which is the seat of Jiaozhou, and the title of Jiaozhou has only come recently.

First of all, it is necessary to build roads, so that Jiaozhou can better communicate with the surrounding states and counties, and conduct trade, Jiaozhou produces a large amount of timber, salt and iron, etc., and there is everything, Liu Mo personally led everyone to start building roads, for Jiaozhou, he has countless plans in his heart, first of all, Jiaozhou can communicate with the surrounding counties, and then eliminate the fierce beasts in the counties and counties, and develop mountains and forests.

The construction of ports and large ships also began to trade with foreign countries, just like Yangzhou.

He works hard every day, without a moment of rest, this appearance has inspired many officials, and Jiaozhou seems to have ushered in the dawn of revitalization!

Taishou from all over the country, such as Gu Yong, Yuan Hui, Xu Jing, Cheng Bing, Liu Xi, Xu Ci and others, are all doing their best to help.

Cao Cao's decree also came to him, there are not many families in Jiaozhou, the administration is in Jiaozhou, the resistance is still very small, Liu Mo has become a big Han, the first to implement the history of the new policy, Jiaozhou's grain production is not high, most of the poor people are very happy after learning that they don't have to pay taxes, Liu Mo then has an order, and the people are scrambling to complete it.

After him, Ningzhou assassin Shi Chengyu began to implement the new policy.

First of all, it was resisted by most people, especially in the Sanhan area, where the former nobles of Sanhan owned a lot of land, how could they allow Cheng Yu to take away their land? It was a frenzied counterattack against the New Deal.

Cheng Yu was the first to take no measures against these opponents, but only advised them that this was the order of the temple and must be carried out, and these people did not take Cheng Yu's words to heart and continued to resist, and a week later, Cheng Yu personally led the county soldiers to the Sanhan area, and overnight, with the Sanhan Ling Tianfeng, arrested the opponents up and down, confiscated their land, and distributed it to the people.

Of these opponents up and down, Cheng Yu was openly beheaded, and none of them remained.

This kind of behavior made the whole Ningzhou tremble with fear, no one thought that this white-faced weak scribe was such a murderer, and then, he went to Shanghanggao County, and then cooperated with the two Taishou here, Kuai Yue, Min Chun, and Shanggao County was also a great rule, as for Donghao, he did not go, Liu Bei governed there very well.

As a result, with the efforts of this powerful assassin, Ningzhou followed closely and became the second state to fully implement the new policy.

In the rest of the states, several counties also appeared, and the new policy was introduced.

These areas can be implemented, but most of them are because of the orders of the Taishou here, the Taishou is different from the Thorn History, the Taishou has military and political jurisdiction over the locality, the Taishou supports, and the rest of the officials oppose it is useless, and these Taishou who implement the new policy, including Nanyang Taishou Zang Hong, Beihai Taishou Yuan Lian, Wuwei Taishou Liangmao, Hanzhong Taishou Zhong Xuan, Nanpi Taishou Fengji, Jiangxia Taishou Guo Tu and so on.

The reason why they are willing to do it is not to support Cao Cao, they are acting like this because of the orders of the Son of Heaven, since the Son of Heaven has given the order, whether they support it in their hearts or not, they are willing to implement it, this is to obey the order of the Son of Heaven, not to support Cao Cao!

In the rest of the country, the implementation was not good, there was chaos in many places, the officials did not know how to collect taxes, and the common people did not know how to pay, and the officials sent by Cao Cao were even more difficult to act because of the prevarication of the local officials.

The twelfth year of Xiping, July

The Son of Heaven issued an order again, requiring officials from all over the country to implement a new policy, collect taxes with the new policy, cooperate with the officials sent by the temple, and those who violate it will be severely punished!

After getting the warning of the Son of Heaven, no matter how dissatisfied the officials were, they could only grit their teeth and carry it out, after all, if it was disrespectful to the order, it would be like a rebellion, before, it was Cao Cao's order, they could say that Cao Cao was a traitor, so he did not obey, but now the Son of Heaven who ordered did not respect the orders of the Son of Heaven, this is a big crime, and they did not dare to try.

The Son of Heaven's move, although he forcibly forced the implementation of new policies in various places, but also put himself on the table, if something happens... Just to deal with Cao Cao, I'm afraid it's no longer appropriate.

The Son of Heaven knows this very well, but he must act like this, if he lets the officials drag it out, this year's taxes will be completely chaotic, and even there will be a huge deficit in the treasury, and at that time, the new policy will be a complete failure, and it will be extremely unfavorable to the Han, so he can only come forward in person, tear his face and let the new policy be implemented, and wait for a while, the first results of the new policy will be able to surface, and then he will have a way to hide it.

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