Chapter 11 The Imperial Discussion Tuntian

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The people of Luoyang suddenly found that since the legendary murderous demon king Dong Zhuo returned to Luoyang, the things that shocked them happened one after another, as soon as the demon king Dong Zhuo arrived in Luoyang, someone stopped the horse at the city gate to sue him, and it was needless to say that the person must have died in the whole family, but the demon king Dong Zhuo didn't know if he had taken the wrong medicine, not only did he not kill the person, but he also took the case; Then that night, a beautiful woman who was snatched into the Dong Mansion by the Dong family was actually released, and I heard that the demon king Dong Zhuo hadn't touched her yet! Then on the second day, the demon king Dong Zhuo didn't kill the heads of the people who attacked him, and found a place to eat and drink to raise; At noon, the demon king Dong Zhuo suddenly appeared on the street again and smashed the most black-hearted and domineering grain store in Luoyang City, and all the food in the store was given to the poor!

For a time, from top to bottom in Luoyang City, from the inner courtyard of the palace to ordinary people's homes, and then to the poor kiln where beggars are concentrated, everyone talked about it, and it was said that the demon king Dong Zhuo was really good to the people for a long time; It is said that the demon king Dong Zhuo is hypocritical and pretending; Some people also say that the demon king Dong Zhuo was suddenly discovered by his conscience; But more people are holding a wait-and-see attitude, seeing what the demon king Dong Zhuo will do in the future.

But no one expected that in just half a day, the demon king Dong Zhuo issued another order that caused a sensation in Luoyang, ordering the people who had no property and no jobs to register in a centralized manner with the government, and the government provided land for them to cultivate, and the government provided farm tools, seeds and food to the people free of charge, and paid grain at the rate of fifteen taxes and one after harvest!

The first reaction of the officials of the Shi clan was - Dong Zhuo is deceiving people! Where did he come from so much land? But the people don't think so, although the government has always spoken like a fart and has never seen it realized, but the demon king Dong Zhuo is very different, he is still very good at talking, saying that if you kill your whole family, you will never let go of the dog that guards your house! He said to give us land to cultivate, then he will give it! The Luoyang County Order, which has always been deserted, suddenly became very lively, and the Luoyang County Order, the most coveted county order of the Han Dynasty, has also become a popular figure in the city. But the Luoyang County Decree was also confused, he just answered honestly, he only knew that Dong Taishi did issue such an order, asking him to register the list of idle peasant households, count the number, and transfer all the case files in Luoyang County, and he didn't know anything else.

At night, the scholars understood where the land of the demon king Dong Zhuo came from, and the new prime minister Changshi (equivalent to the current secretary general) Chen Gong and Jia Xu, a staff member of the Prime Minister's Mansion, commanded Dong Zhuojun's soldiers to go door to door to find the big families of the scholars. In this era, land is the lifeblood of the scholars, and without land, what can you do to collect land and rent it, and feed a group of families? Although the Demon King Dong Zhuo promised to pay, even if the Demon King Dong Zhuo was right, but when the money was spent, the whole family had to drink the northwest wind at that time! Besides, it's already summer, and it's about to be the time when the autumn harvest wheat is ripe.

The scholars refused, Jia Xu didn't say anything, and then Chen Gong came out, took out a few bamboo slips, and said that it was the Han Taishi who wanted to clean up the unjust prison, Master So-and-so, you had some cases before, and the Taishi wanted to ask you to assist in the investigation, and then a nest of Dong Zhuojun soldiers pounced up, tied up this unlucky guy and left, and took it back to the county government and threw it into the prison. After doing this, Jia Xu smiled and led the soldiers to the next house. Overnight, all the big landowners near Luoyang were put in prison......

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When he went to court the next day, before Kang Peng entered the palace gate, he was surrounded by a group of ministers, asking him why he did this? Fortunately, Kang Peng was prepared, and today he not only brought Zhao Yun, but also Lu Bu. Whenever someone talked to Kang Peng, Lu Bu stared at him with round eyes and shouted: "My father-in-law is going to the court, and I will cut you if he delays the major affairs of the court!" The man obediently retreated, cursing in his heart at most two sentences of the three-surnamed house slave.

In this way, Kang Peng smoothly entered the palace, still because he was afraid that his 'handsome' face would scare the children, Kang Peng turned his back to Emperor Han Xian and announced his plan to buy land and tuntian, Kang Peng's words just finished speaking, the hall suddenly became noisier than the bazaar, most of the courtiers objected in unison, thinking that the fields have been in the hands of the scholars since the beginning of the dynasty, why should they be centrally managed by the government? Give it to those lowly peasants to cultivate? This is a violation of the ancestral system and a great rebellion! Of course, there were some enlightened ministers who were in favor of it, believing that this measure was beneficial to the country and the people, and that it was fundamental to protect the country, but these people were very small, their voices were pitifully small, and as soon as their words came out, they were besieged by everyone.

Ma Ridan, the Taifu who was grateful to Kang Peng yesterday, screamed the most fiercely, and even grabbed the ground with his head, "Taishi, take back your life!" I put the scholars first, and I lost the scholars, what will I do to order the world! ”

"Quiet!" Kang Peng roared loudly with his broken gong voice, and everyone was frightened, and Emperor Han Xian was so frightened that he almost cried. At this time, Lu Bu waved his hand, and a group of palace guards rushed in and suppressed the quarrel among the ministers.

"They are all ministers of the court, the pride of the sky, making a lot of noise above the court, what kind of system is it?" Kang Peng scolded the ministers a few words first and suppressed their arrogance. The ministers are stunned, what's wrong with this Dong Zhuo, he can actually say such a literary word? The pride of the sky, what a good name? Hurry up and make a note of it, so that you can show it off outside later.

Kang Peng didn't know that his unintentional words had shocked the ministers, and he was still shouting there: "Is there anything you can't say one by one? Matthew, you are the oldest of the ministers, and you say on their behalf, everyone else shut up for me. ”

Ma Ridan trembled and said: "Taishi, we are against your Tuntian policy, please take back your fate." ”

Kang Peng had long expected that Tuntian would attract opposition from the ministers, and yesterday he had already discussed countermeasures with Jia Xu, Chen Gong and others, and tried to persuade the ministers to support them, but it was really impossible to use force again. Kang Peng said lightly: "Tuntian's move is beneficial to the country and the people, why should Taifu oppose it?" ”

"Back to the Taishi, although Tuntian has a small profit, but since ancient times, the world is 'Shinong Industry and Commerce', this Shi is the first, this farmer is only the second, the Taishi forcibly bought the land Tuntian, that is, the sacrifice of the Shi and the heavy farming, the way to take chaos." As soon as Ma Ridan's words were finished, the ministers echoed each other.

Kang Pengxin said I guess you will have these crooked reasoning, and it is now, when you want to change the **, your old man will dare to say this, no matter how old you are, immediately beat you up as a counter-revolutionary! "Matthew, I respect you for your high morality, but how can you say such words without a king and a father?" Kang Peng first put a counter-revolutionary hat on the old stubborn Ma Ridan to blow his confidence.

Ma Ridan was really frightened, and knelt down for Emperor Han Xian, kowtowing again and again: "The emperor sees it." The old minister is sincere to the emperor, how dare he say that there is no king and no father, the emperor sees it, the emperor sees it...... "There was another kowtow until his forehead bleed.

Poor Emperor Han Xian saw Ma Ridan's miserable appearance, and also knew that this old man was really good to himself, but the terrifying prime minister was still standing in front of him, and he still didn't dare to say anything, just looked at Kang Peng's back in horror. However, Kang Peng couldn't bear to see it, walked up to Ma Ridan, took out a handkerchief to wipe away Ma Ridan's blood, and moved Ma Ridan to tears.

"Taifu." Kang Peng said softly: "The words of the prime minister are a bit serious, but if you think about it, the people have no land to plant, there is no food to eat and starve to death, the people are starving to death, those scholars have no one to help them farm the land, won't they starve to death." At that time, it will be just like what you said, without the scholars, our dynasty will be in danger. So when I was angry, I said that you are a kingless and fatherless statement. ”

Ma Ridan choked up and said: "Taishi, the old minister knows that you are for the good of the people in the world, but you shouldn't treat the scholars like this, send someone to their house to buy land, and arrest them if you don't sell it......"

Kang Peng pretended to sigh, "Taifu, you misunderstood the true appearance again, the prime minister arrested them, not because of the purchase of land and tuntian, but for the face of the court and the face of the emperor, but the two things were carried out at the same time, so that the Taifu misunderstood." "Kang Pengxin said old man, I will move out of the emperor's face, see if you are a foolish old man or not?

mentioned that it was about the imperial court and the emperor and face, Ma Ridan immediately perked up and arched his hand: "Taishi, I don't understand what Taishi means, could it be that those scholars have damaged the dignity of the imperial court, please give me advice." Many ministers also pricked up their ears to listen to what Kang Peng explained.

Kang Peng looked around, and said in his heart that you really took the bait. Kang Peng said loudly: "Taifu, when I reviewed the civil case files, I found that some scholars who ate the imperial court did not want to serve the country, but instead adopted all kinds of illegal means to annex the country's land, rampant in the township, fish and flesh the people, evade taxes, and cause a sharp decline in the income of our dynasty!" Do you know these things? ”

Ma Ridan nodded, "There are a lot of such lawless heroes in my court, and the Taishi is really discerning. Many courtiers also echoed Kang Peng's statement.

Kang Peng continued: "However, some local officials are afraid of their power and do not dare to punish them according to the law, resulting in a large number of unjust, false and wrongly decided cases. Taifu, are these true appearances wrong? ”

Ma Ridan was so surrounded by Kang Peng at this moment that he forgot about his forced purchase of farmland, and just said hatefully: "What the Taishi said, every word is beautiful, these people are too unspeakable. This time, there are more ministers who agree.

Kang Peng seemed to be more and more angry, "But what will be the consequences of doing this?" The people don't know that the court and the emperor are good to the people, and they think about their food and clothing, but they only see these scholars oppressing the people and running rampant, but the government does not punish them, and the people are angry with the court, thinking that the court and the emperor only know pleasure and play, and you and I in the court are incompetent, and the officials protect each other, and the emperor is the king of the emperor! When Kang Peng said this, he raised his arms and said, "Everyone, do you think these people should be punished?" ”

"The! Should! The ministers raised their arms and shouted, they were instigated by Kang Peng to be hot-headed, and at this moment they had completely forgotten about Dong Zhuoqiang's purchase of the land of the Shi clan, and they just wanted to immediately kill the scum who destroyed the court and the emperor - and their own face!

Li Ru was secretly happy in his heart, his father-in-law was really unseemly, and he was able to say such incendiary language, diverting the spearhead of the ministers and reducing their resistance, which was really right with him. Wang Yun was secretly frightened, this Dong Zhuo was simply hidden, his words could not be said by a brave and unscrupulous person, and it was difficult for him to avenge his nephew and in-laws.

Kang Peng and the other ministers were almost screaming, but in fact, their voices were hoarse, and then they said: "Everyone, the prime minister wants to clean up the unjust prisons, and it is terrible that the chief official is incompetent, and a new batch of unjust prisons will be created, so this chief official is very important." Matthew Fu is highly respected, calm and cautious, and he thinks he is the best candidate, and wants him to preside over the trial, but I don't know if Matthew Fu is willing to deign to work? Kang Peng sighed when he said this, "It's really difficult to look like this. ”

Ma Ridan was so excited that he burst into tears, "If Master Meng does not give up, the old man is willing to take on this heavy burden and clean up the unjust prison for the country." The ministers also rushed to be the deputy judge.

Kang Peng smiled treacherously in his heart, your old man has the best reputation in Shilin, let you judge them, and I, Kang Peng, don't have to bear the notoriety. But Kang Peng still has to be humble, it's nothing more than Taifu, you are old and frail, and there are many of these prisoners, what if you work too hard and kick your feet? It's better to think twice or something, but Ma Ridan has been carried away, and he keeps saying that he is not afraid of hard work, and he will die for the country, and he will die in the Jinluan Palace if you Dong Zhuo don't let me try these unjust cases. In the end, Kang Peng had no choice but to make it difficult for Ma Taifu to work hard, and appointed Chen Gong and several well-known Shilin as deputy chief judges to clean up the unjust civil prison in Luoyang. As for those who have been found guilty of crimes, the land will be confiscated!

That night, Kang Peng was in an unusually happy mood because of his victory in the court meeting, and pulled a group of Wenchen generals to drink and celebrate at home.

At this moment, a sudden herald came to report, "Master Yu, some of the princes and captives are clamoring to see you, saying that it is about Tuntian. ”

Lu Buzheng was drinking happily, and when he heard this, he said, "Tell him to talk about it tomorrow, and then kill him again." ”

"Yes." The herald turned around and was about to leave, but Kang Peng stopped him, "Who wants to see me?" What is your name? ”

"Back to Taishi, he said that his name was Zaoyi, and he claimed to be good at agriculture, and he was a subordinate of Cao Cao, the captain of Xiaocai."

As soon as the words fell, the wine table in front of Kang Peng was overturned, Kang Peng got up and ran, holding Dong Wei who was feeding him wine in his arms, and shouted as he ran, "Where is he?" Take me to him. ”