Chapter 0410: Cao Cao's Might
Cao Cao did not keep a low profile as his performance in the temple after serving as the Great Si Nong, he knew that only by letting the Son of Heaven see his ability and talent could he stabilize his position in the court, and the Son of Heaven asked him to replace Zheng Xuan, just to allow himself to bring something that the old ministers could not do, and Yuan Feng also valued him.
Although the relationship between Yuan Feng and Cao Song has not been eased, but for this extremely talented young man in front of him, Yuan Feng still chose trust and support, with the support of the Son of Heaven and Yuan Feng, Cao Cao also let go of his hands and feet, and when he was in Sanhan, he showed his outstanding talents, but in Sanhan, as a frontier minister, he still did not let go of his hands and feet, for fear of causing misunderstanding.
But to this temple, he did not have such restraints, he had no military power in his hands, and there was no power, he took office three days later, on the disadvantages of the tuntian system, put forward three changes, the book "Xiping Tuntian Examination", in the text, he put forward the disadvantages of the previous tuntian system, from the people's gradually disappearing enthusiasm for reclamation, from the innovation of farming tools, and the obstacles of Haoqiang to the tuntian system.
First of all, the people have not had the same enthusiasm for reclamation, in the early years of Jianning, the Han cultivated land is very small, most of it is in the hands of the powerful clan, resulting in the people's life is extremely poor, Emperor Xiaokang waved his hand, he ordered Tuntian, so that the world added countless cultivated land, at the same time, and pulled out a large number of Haoqiang, they moved to the side.
The grain production of several states in the Central Plains has risen repeatedly, and now, after more than 20 years of reclamation, every household has land, and there are strict laws for the Haoqiang family to prohibit them from annexing land, so the people have lost their original enthusiasm, resulting in the number of cultivated land reclaimed has declined year after year, and even the position of Tuntian Zhonglang, who was originally in charge of Tuntian, has gradually lost its original status.
In this regard, Cao Cao believes that the temple attaches too much importance to Yan, Henan, Qing, Hebei and other prefectures, but ignores the border states, in these large states, the cultivated land that can be cultivated is more than the Central Plains, and now, the goal of development should be placed in the border areas, in addition, to improve the status of grain production in the performance review of officials, so that officials can pay more attention to the development of cultivated land.
For those outstanding areas, the temple should also have a reward, in addition to the reward, if someone abandons the farmland, it should also be punished, this regulation into the Han law, Cao Cao put forward a lot of ideas, he planned to within four years, let the cultivated land of Bingzhou, Youzhou, Sanhan, Jingzhou, Yangzhou, Yizhou catch up with the Central Plains, so that the Han Dynasty in agriculture to make great progress.
The second point, that is, in farming technology, Cao Cao believes that it is necessary to promote agricultural books on a large scale, and also hopes that the temple can gather agricultural talents and compile new agricultural books, and in the Ministry of Industry of Hongdu Gate School, there have been a lot of new agricultural tools, so that the use of new agricultural tools should also be written in the agricultural book, in addition, for different regions, there should be different methods to improve the output of agricultural products!
These two points, of course, are very much agreed by the Son of Heaven and the hundred officials, and at the same time, they also recognized the ability of this Si Nong, but when it comes to the third point, the hundred officials can't laugh, Cao Cao believes that the current powerful clan is still the main obstacle to the development of local land, although in the cultivated land, the temple has made restrictions on them, but they still hide a large number of slave tenants, which should be investigated.
He believes that for the local tyrants, there should be restrictions on their slave tenants, and the number must be reported to the temple, otherwise they will be heavily punished, and those hidden populations should be assigned to the great cause of tuntian, and reclaim in the north and south, in addition, for the family, he also made corresponding restrictions, after this reform law was submitted, the hundred officials immediately boiled.
Isn't your Cao family a big family and a strong family? Where is the face?
Before submitting, Cao Cao reported the number of slaves and tenants of the Cao family to the temple to show his innocence, and after reading his proposal, the Son of Heaven was very happy, and allowed him to innovate in the tuntian, and the vast innovation began, from mobilizing the enthusiasm of the people, and to the agitation and punishment of the officials, the popularization and use of new agricultural tools, the compilation of agricultural books, and the protection of the people's cultivated land.
and, restrictions on tenant servants for the powerful.
The most hateful thing is that after Cao Cao promulgated a new policy in early May, after 15 days, he began to punish, that is, not to give Haoqiang a chance to react or even think, many Haoqiang clans did not even receive the news, and ushered in a severe punishment.
At the same time, the family was naturally also violently impacted, in less than a few months after the death of the prince, Cao Cao successfully took over his position, became a big traitor in the hearts of hundreds of officials, however, Cao Cao's move, to the north and south of the empty manpower sent hundreds of thousands of farmers, he wanted to complete the You, Jing, He, Xin, Sanhan, Jing, Yang, Yi, and Kyushu agricultural revitalization goal within four years has a human base.
At the same time, Cao Cao also carried out the policy of encouraging the migration of the border land, the people are concentrated in the Central Plains states, the distribution of the population is extremely unreasonable, Cao Cao believes that this is a great drawback, and the Han people take their hometown very seriously, and will never want to leave, Cao Cao can only do his best to encourage the border to settle in, and even, the criminals in many areas are also taken by him to the border for reclamation.
"Your Majesty, please cook Cao Mengde~~~"
Baiguan cried.
The Son of Heaven looked at the hundred officials, laughed in his heart, but his face did not change, frowned, looked at Cao Cao, and said: "Cao Jun, I see that the hundred officials are in such pain, and in the midst of innovation, what great harm has the people suffered?" ”
Cao Cao got up, walked to the center, and bowed: "Your Majesty, the people have not been harmed, they are overjoyed, and they worship Luoyang, but among the hundred officials, many people secretly hide slave tenants, and they are found out by the ministers, so it is so..."
"Oh?" The Son of Heaven looked at the ministers suspiciously.
The ministers bowed their heads, gritted their teeth, and were speechless.
"Meng De is too worried, the ministers of the temple and the temple, they are all virtuous people who love the country and the people, how can they do adverse things that harm the people and the country? Ministers, I can still be trusted, and Meng De will not seek trouble with them in the future...."The Son of Heaven said solemnly, the hundred officials were grateful, and hurriedly thanked him, and Cao Cao also said that he obeyed the order, and returned to his position.
This time, Cao Cao can be said to have given the Son of Heaven an unexpected surprise, he is still that respectful appearance, bowing his head, sitting behind Yuan Feng, the relationship between the Yuan family and the Son of Heaven is very close, although Cao Cao's plan has also dealt a blow to the Yuan family, but for Yuan Feng, being able to follow the Son of Heaven is much more useful than some tenant slaves and the like, and their Yuan family is the second to support Cao Cao.
This was followed by the Xun family, the Chen family, the Yang family, the Sima family and other families.
There is this opportunity to be able to get closer to the Son of Heaven, and the price is nothing more than to pay some slaves, so why not?
Even if there are restrictions, there are many ways for the big clan to deal with it, and the harm of the restrictions is minimized, which can not hurt their foundation, even if the Menzixue is founded, but among the two universities, the children of the family still account for nearly eighty percent, and the Xiaokang Emperor restricts the family, but he has not given up reusing them, and it is still the case today.
Yuan Feng was sheltering Cao Cao, and together with Xing Ziang, he suppressed the impeachment of many ministers, as well as the retaliatory acts that were ready to be carried out, and the ministers did not dare to oppose Yuan Feng, however, Cao Song was unlucky, in just a few days, he was found out by the ministers A lot of mistakes, from his etiquette mistakes when receiving the Kushan envoys, to his subordinates accepting bribes from Zhenla, informing the navy of the situation, and so on.
Cao Song can't find anyone to protect him, in the face of such a large number of mistakes, the Son of Heaven can't protect him, he is ready to return to his hometown, the ministers are alienated from him, as Jiuqing, there are no ministers around him who dare to approach.
The Son of Heaven consulted with the ministers for a moment about the cultivation of land in the border area.
"Your Majesty....."
Cui Wei slowly walked out of the ministers, he is now a Situ, for Cao Cao's actions, although the Cui family has also suffered a blow, but he has no resentment at all, the ministers hope that he can call the shots to suppress Cao Cao, but Cui Wei has not made any words until now, and in the temple, it has been quiet.
Nowadays, many people call him "not Situ".
Seeing Cui Wei get up, the Son of Heaven was a little puzzled and asked, "Does Situ have a play?" ”
Cui Wei nodded and said, "Your Majesty, now, the four seas are peaceful, and there is no war outside..... he said slowly, when he said about the soldiers, the ministers vaguely guessed in their hearts, didn't Situ Mo want to abolish the border army? This is going to kill the Taiwei, Situ is going to fight with the Taiwei? The ministers looked at him with some confusion.
Cui Wei's words changed, and he suddenly said: "The minister has been thinking for a long time, if the soldiers on the border are all turned into tuntian camps, and the areas such as Liangwai, Hewai, Jiaowai, and Yiwai are cultivated, it will definitely make the affairs of Sinong Biantun more convenient..."
Before him, during the period of Emperor Xiaokang, there was a saying that there were military tuns, in the Western Regions, Youzhou, but it was half a tuntian, they still had to practice, still in the military, but also at the same time farming, now, Cui Wei is trying to let the hundreds of thousands of border troops around the Han Dynasty all turned into tuntian, these border troops, usually the people in the township, often for one to three years.
On weekdays, they maintain the border fortress walls, defend the city, and so on, and they can't go out to attack the enemy.
The Son of Heaven frowned, thought for a long time, nodded, and said, "This matter is negotiable for the ministers." ”
Cui Wei's move did not do any harm, but was in line with the ministers' intention to reduce the army, they were afraid that Zhang Wen would continue to encourage the Son of Heaven to carry out a senseless war, and suddenly, the ministers agreed, and the Son of Heaven ordered Xing Ziang to be responsible for this matter, and then ordered the end of the court discussion.
When Cao Cao walked out of the palace, several ministers looked at him with some anger, their faces were not good, Cao Cao smiled, lowered his body, wore shoes, and one of them said with a smile: "Cao Jun is very majestic now.... If Fei Tinghou is still here, I am afraid that I will be happy in my heart, and I will be respected in the future..."
Cao Cao turned his head and looked, it turned out to be Shangshu Wang Yun, originally, Wang Yun thought that he could take over Zheng Xuan's position, but he didn't think about it, and let Cao Cao take over, which made Wang Yun even unhappy in his heart, but he didn't expect that now, Cao Cao has innovated without authorization, Wang Yun's family has also been hit hard, and several clans have been brought into the embroidery prison, which makes Wang Yun hate Cao Cao very much in his heart.
"Hahaha, it turned out to be Wang Yun Wang Shangshu!"
"What Wang Shangshu said is true, if my grandfather is alive, I will be happy...."
Cao Cao said with a smile, his face was not a little annoyed, and even, for these ministers in front of him, his expression was extremely gentle, seeing Cao Cao like this, Wang Yun sneered, without words, but Cao Cao continued: "Wang Shangshu, Meng De has a puzzle, I really want to ask Shangshu.... I don't know, Shangshu may solve the puzzle? ”
"Heh, but it doesn't hurt to say!"
"After this eunuch, he lives in the temple, and after the Magi, he is in the embroidered prison, Meng De is really puzzled, Shangshu asked, today's politics, is it clear or not?"
"It',.. This..."Wang Yun opened his mouth, but he snorted coldly, waved his sleeves and left angrily.
"Hahaha~~~" Cao Cao laughed, but ignored the ministers around him and left proudly.
"Reincarnation King's Day Letter!"
The ministers scolded viciously, but they couldn't help him, Cao Cao, like Wang Fu, was also for his own ambitions, and could do things that ordinary people did not dare to do, but there was a difference, Wang Fu was extremely arrogant and arrogant, and he didn't pay attention to these ministers at all, and the ministers were in his eyes what kind of stinky maggots drilled into the eyes of money, baboons with knives and the like.
Cao Cao is different, Cao Cao is extremely respectful in the temple, and he acts extremely quickly, he is not like Wang Fu, he doesn't care about these ministers, he will regard these ministers as enemies, not baboons, such Cao Cao, although not as hateful as the prince, but it makes all the officials feel threatened.
Obviously, Cao Cao is a more difficult enemy than Wang Fu, and at the same time that Cao Song suffered a blow, Cao Cao also had some moves to fight back, and his way of counterattacking was also extremely simple, banqueting Zhang He and Zhang Jian....
Of course, at the banquet, he did not carry out any conspiracy, and there was also the Yellow Gate supervising, they just simply drank alcohol, and discussed the matter of adding the crime of Tuntian's ineffectiveness to the Han Law, however, this move, after Cao Cao's deliberate expression, made the hundred officials panic, isn't it that these three thieves want to unite and try in vain to murder us virtuous people?
In a hurry, they naturally chose to strike first, and attacked Zhang He, Zhang Jian, and Cao Cao at the same time, as always, to find out their mistakes and impeach, such as Zhang He's appointment of thieves as officials, Zhang Jian's private release of criminals, Cao Cao's vigorous appointment of close relatives, Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Xiahou's officials in Sanhan, etc., they impeached them.
But I don't know that their behavior has touched the vigilance of the Son of Heaven, Zhang He, Zhang Jian is the two swords of the Son of Heaven, and it is also the most important position of the procuratorate and justice, so crazy to impeach these two places, what do you want to do? ?
Soon after, they ushered in Zhang He, who came with a smile.
"I heard, are you going to impeach me?"
At this time, the ministers suddenly remembered the prince again, it is still the prince, and the prince will never attack them.....
After all, in the eyes of the princes, they are all a group of maggots, baboons, and there is no need for the princes to get along with livestock, right?