When Liu Lan sat down on the stone steps beside him, Zhen Yan noticed him and was about to give a salute, but the latter waved his hand so that he didn't have to be polite: "There is no one now, there is no need to talk about those courtesies." ”

Some etiquette must be mentioned, even if it is his brother-in-law in front of him, but never forget that his other identity is his lord, Liaodong Taishou or Yuzhou pastor who is nominal or nameless. Once Zhen Yan had a conversation with Xu Huang in Liaodong, he said such a meaningful thing at the time, we people can be said to be brothers who fought with the lord from the pile of dead people, and there are those who are used to calling him eldest brother, and there are also those who are called Sima, but only the county guard, the county monarch or something is not called, but now you look at it, who else dares to call Sima? It's not that the lord has changed, his identity is different, but everyone has changed, and he must accept these new titles and even changes, otherwise he will not be able to bring the team of the lord as before, why, just these boys in Liaodong, do you think I Xu Huang lived? No, it's the lord, even if he is not in Liaodong, those people have to be honest, why? Two words prestige! When they see me, it is equivalent to seeing the lord, but if I am like Zhang Fei all day long, no big or small, even talking about brothers and brothers or brother-in-law with the lord, and even relying on my military exploits to ask for this and that, what do you think outsiders will think? They will feel that the lord is ordinary and has no prestige, and in turn he is going to come to slap me, and this is a big taboo, what we pay attention to when we are soldiers, and we can't make two orders, but there are many people, many smart people who want to order the second and third, and what the final outcome is, there are not many in history. Of course, a simple person like Zhang Fei is an exception, but if you look at his no big or small, you can also learn. That's really not far from death, don't look at this kid stupid. Shrewd, when Liaodong asked Dong Fuhan to choose to stand on his own, everyone changed their words to call the lord, the kid was not happy, and even went to tell the lord in person, and the lord even promised him that he could call Sima in private, but since then, you see, the most unhappy to call the lord is the happiest one who calls, you now let him call the lord Ma to try, not a big slap to slap you. And this is the shrewdness of this kid, and this is the reason why the lord tolerates him in all ways, so instead of learning some useless things from me, you should observe this shrewd man more on weekdays, and learn shrewdness from shrewd people, instead of learning cleverness from smart people, remember, the smarter people in this world tend to be smart, and they don't know how to die.

Because of that conversation, Zhen Yan will not be polite whenever and wherever he is. And this time it was still the same, and only after Shi Li sat next to him did he say, "Why hasn't the lord rested so late?" ”

"I couldn't sleep, I went out for a walk. What about you? Why are you so distracted? ”

"I didn't think about anything. It's just that I suddenly remembered the young man named Zhuge Liang. ”

"Oh?"

Liu Lan thought that he would say something homesick or something, and he also thought about doing his ideological work, but he didn't expect that he remembered Zhuge Liang. It seems that he left a deep impression on Zhen Yan, and said with a smile: "What do you think of him?" ”

Zhen Yan opened her mouth. But he didn't say anything, hesitated for a moment before he said word by word: "Yan'er is a little worried about the lord in her heart......"

"Worried about me?" Liu Lan was inexplicable. He said, "What worries me? You say come and hear it. ”

Zhen Yan's face was full of solemnity, and he took two deep breaths and said: "Lord, the Zhen family can be regarded as a famous family in Jizhou, but why do they want to do business?" ”

Of course, Liu Lan knew that even if a high-ranking family like him was engaged in business (as mentioned above), it was not just a city registration and could not be an official, which was due to the Eastern Han Dynasty's lenient business policy, but in the final analysis, it was because the establishment of the Eastern Han Dynasty was based on the Liu Han royal family, middle and senior bureaucrats, and local tyrants to pacify Wang Mang, in other words, the Eastern Han Dynasty was established with the support of the old powerful landlords, and the central authority of the Eastern Han Dynasty was far less authoritative than that of the Western Han Dynasty from the beginning of its establishment. Although the Eastern Han Dynasty attaches great importance to the interests of the people, but under the game and constraints of interests, the people have lost the strong guarantee of the state, and the heroes in Zhuge Liang's mouth, their identities are often not only bureaucrats, but also big landlords and big businessmen, just like the Zhen family, the powerful landlords almost monopolize the economy and politics, plus there are a number of people who are attached to them, and the people are dependent on the strong and strong, and become tenant farmers, It's better than having one-third of an acre of land than oneself, and it's like dealing with the whole world with vested interests, and the whole world is dependent on the powerful people, so it must be changed, and the light reduction or even less tax is paid, but such a result may not be able to receive good results, Zhuge Liang did it in history, and even dealt with the clan, but in the end, the Shu Kingdom perished. Cao Cao also did it, relatively gentle, pay attention to meritocracy, and wanted to not use scholars so much in the official career, and received results, but his son succeeded to the throne and changed this policy and began to reuse the clan, and finally ended up being overthrown by the clan, saying: "Zhuge has seen the disadvantages of the times, and it can be said that people of insight in this era have seen it, but they can't change it as fiercely as he does, but they can change it by using a gentle method?" Liu Lan shook his head, he didn't want to be silent any longer, because now there has been a situation where the land is vast and cannot be cultivated, and the people have nothing to eat! ”

Zhen Yan was silent, in this matter, Liu Lan knew that he had no common language with them, and if he didn't talk together, and even those who could talk around him couldn't talk with him, was there really only one Zhuge Liang? Liu Lan was also silent, I don't know how long it took, Zhen Yan suddenly broke this silence: "Lord, my Zhen family's heir ancestor Shangmengde still has a few acres of thin fields, and when my father was alive, I had a little savings on hand, but I only bought a few acres of land around Wuji, but the ripe fields in the countryside are cheaper, but my father did not buy them in the township, my lord, why do you say this?" ”

Since the fields in the countryside are cheaper, why didn't the Zhen family buy them? Is it because of the long distance? But even if the road is far away, you can hire tenant farmers, after all, a big family like the Zhen family, even if the fields around Wuji will not be planted in person, they are all hired tenant farmers. Liu Lan knows. The answer was certainly not what he was thinking and guessing now, and there must be another reason for it. Look at him and ask for answers.

"Anyone who can buy land from village to village. How can it be obtained by a wealthy family! ”

Liu Lan finally understood what Zhen Yan was going to say, and was about to open his mouth, but he said again: "The so-called rich is not more than three generations, and the real estate purchased by the Zhen family can be said to be for the sake of leaving it to the children and grandchildren, but these land sellers are also because of the unfilial piety of their descendants, because most of them are lazy people, and they follow the shadow of their ancestors. For the sake of living, you can only sell your ancestral business. ”

"You are inevitably biased when you say this, according to me, natural and man-made disasters, heavy forced labor and taxation are the main culprits, of course, there are not people like you say."

"Natural and man-made disasters, because of the lack of land and the heavy burden of forced labor, it is not indispensable for the tax payer to divide the land among the public. But for those who are so indulgent and disgusting, will the lord also divide the land among them? ”

"This ......"

Liu Lan was speechless when asked by Zhen Yan, looking at him in a daze, not knowing how to answer. He really regretted why he didn't learn more about the party's policies, and he didn't have nothing to say about it.

"My lord, if you really follow Zhuge Liang's law. If you give land to such a person, the result can only be that you give as much as you want. They will be defeated as before, if less land is given to such people. Perhaps it is not known whether they will be able to survive in peace, or they may not be allowed to buy or sell their share of the land by order of the government. However, this is not a matter of substance at all, and your lord has been busy marching and fighting, and is not aware of the suffering of the people. ”

"I don't know?"

"Yes." Zhen Yan had the courage to say: "Cultivator, plant in spring and harvest in autumn, but do you know how many people will starve to death while guarding the farmland?" ”

"What?"

Liu Lan exclaimed, for what Zhen Yan said, he felt that it was too shocking for people like him from later generations, he thought that this was Zhen Yan deceiving himself, but seeing his serious look, thinking of the Tang poem he got since childhood, he believed in the cruel reality, maybe it was not until this moment that Liu Lan really realized the sorrow of the peasants, and couldn't help but read out the Tang poem: "There is no idle land in the four seas, and the farmers are still starving to death." As he spoke, his eyes stared unfocused at the night sky.

Zhen Yan also retracted his gaze, and looked at the night sky like him, the night sky was full of stars, not only the scenery they saw in their eyes was general, but even the mood at this time was not the same, and Zhen Yan said with deep sympathy for a while: "The poem just now is really appropriate, so the real problem is not whether the people have land, but the exorbitant taxes and the exploitation of the government." As long as it can be solved, even poor peasants can have no worries about food and clothing. ”

I didn't expect this kid to think of a place with me, Liu Lan smiled,

He remembered that the agricultural tax was abolished in later generations, so how could he completely abolish the agricultural tax like later generations, instead of reducing the agricultural tax as Zhen Yan said.

However, for this era, the proportion of agricultural tax can be said to account for more than 90% of the country, compared with the agricultural tax that did not even account for 1% in later generations, the agricultural tax at this time is an important part of the tax, so that it can only be open source under the premise of reducing expenditure, and open source is naturally to encourage the rise and development of industry and commerce.

Thinking of this, Liu Lan asked again: "Yan'er, do you have any thoughts on the development of industry and commerce?" Although he knew that the proportion of taxation of industry and commerce in later generations was very large, he was not proficient in this way, and although he wanted to make some reforms, he was like a fly without a head, and he did not have a clue.

"Does the lord want to encourage industry and commerce?"

Zhen Yan looked at Liu Lan with shocked eyes, after all, in the history he was familiar with, most of them suppressed industry and commerce and encouraged farming, but he didn't expect Liu Lan to do the opposite, making him look like a national treasure for a while, and it was difficult to take his eyes off him.

"If you want to reduce the people's taxes, then there must be a source of tax to make up for them." Liu Lan looked at him with burning eyes: "I don't know if you have any good ideas." ”

Zhen Yan muttered in his mouth, 'I want to reduce the people's taxes', but at the same time, he shook his head helplessly with joy in his heart, and said, "This Yan has no clue. Suddenly, his eyes shot out, and he hurriedly said, "Why don't you ask your brother?" ”

"Berning?" Liu Lan waved his hand and said, "It's a pity that it's too far, too far." ”

Zhen Yan smiled and said: "The lord doesn't know, my brother is already on his way to Pei County." ”

"Really? Berning is coming to Xiaopei? ”

"Yes."

Zhen Yan nodded and said, "My brother is coming to hold a coronation ceremony for Yan'er." ”

Liu Lan's face was embarrassed, and then he remembered that Zhen Yan had mentioned this matter to himself, and couldn't help sighing: "I didn't expect time to pass so quickly, you are going to be crowned." ”

Zhen Yan was also a little embarrassed, yes, it has been two years since she left home in a blink of an eye, and I don't know how my mother's health is, and my younger brothers and younger sisters don't know how they are now.

"That's right."

Liu Lan suddenly looked at Zhen Yan and said with a smile: "You have to go to Xuzhou City tomorrow." ”

"No."

Liu Lan stood up with his shoulders and said with a smile: "It's not early, rest early, you have to go to Xuzhou tomorrow." But he walked towards his room.

Although he still has no clue and is still entangled by the farming problems of the peasants, but the frowning brows before are stretched, Liu Lan knows that if he can't solve the problem of the people having enough to eat, then he came to the end of the Han Dynasty in vain, of course, there is also the clan problem, but to deal with the clan, you still have to take it step by step.

Liu Lan put the expectation of encouraging industry and commerce on Zhen Yu, although he didn't know whether the importance of business and supporting agriculture would make the farmers get a guaranteed role, but this was already the best way he could think of, if he still couldn't change the status quo, then he really had no choice but to face the tough clan......

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Early the next morning, Liu Lan and Zhang Fei and a group of hundreds of people came out of the palace, and the group was fully armed and went out of the city.

Riding on a horse, watching the flow of people passing through the distance, there are peddlers and pawns, there are old ladies sitting in chariots, there are warriors on horses, there are scribes with swords, there are young people who go out of the city in groups of three or five, and there are children fighting and frolicking in groups.

Unconsciously, Liu Lan was completely integrated into the end of the Han Dynasty, maybe he was born poor in his previous life, maybe he was the consciousness of being a superior at this time, he was thinking about the people, and the people were also thinking about the land, although he only had the land of projectiles now, but he was thinking about the hegemony and the people's livelihood at the same time, maybe when the foundation was not established, after Zhen Yu came, he discussed with him, and used Xiaopei as a test field to test, if it was feasible, it would be promoted to Liaodong, and then a large range of cotton would be made to increase the development of Liaodong, You must know that the Northeast is a cornucopia, you can't just hold it in your hand all the time but look at it because of the severe cold, and this is also the reason why he went south, if you want to develop Liaodong, you can't do without people, and to let more people go to Liaodong, the cold in winter must be solved.

Out of the city, Zhang Fei on the side suddenly asked: "Lord, you have a word, where are we going?" ”

Liu Lanxin was not here, and was suddenly asked by Zhang Fei, and said casually: "Go and kidnap people." Realizing that he had said what was in his heart, his face turned pale, and he laughed, "Go and see people, see people." Saying that, he looked at Zhang Fei and said: "Zheng Xuannai is a great Confucian, he didn't know that he was in Xiaopei before, but now that he knows that he is there, he naturally wants to visit." "Zheng Xuan's apprentices are very many, and there are even more cattle, if you can kidnap a few people, wouldn't it be developed?

Zhang Fei is still going to be the lord of what to do, at this time I heard him say that he was visiting the great Confucian, he suddenly lost interest, and said disapprovingly: "Isn't it just a rotten Confucian, what is there to see, why don't the lord go to the little lady?" ”

Seeing his demeanor, Liu Lan dodged his eyes, immediately thought of something, and asked, "I'm going to find Gan Qian, then what are you going to do?" ”

"Me?"

Zhang Fei didn't expect Liu Lan to ask this question, and he pondered for a long time before he laughed and said, "I am naturally accompanying you." ”

The more Liu Lan looked at Zhang Fei's expression, the more wrong he became, and said in a deep voice: "I think you are fake with me, and you want to sneak away to find Xiahou Juan, right?" ”

"Your lord...... How would you know? ”

Zhang Fei's mind was seen through by Liu Lan, and he suddenly became embarrassed, and muttered: "Why can't I hide anything from you." ”

Liu Lan saw him muttering to himself, shook his head and said, "After accompanying me to meet the great Confucian Zheng Xuan, I won't stop you if you go to find your Xiahou Juan again." ”

"Really?" Zhang Fei immediately smiled and said.

"Of course it's true." Saying that, the two of them, accompanied by the guards, walked towards where Zheng Xuanjielu was. (To be continued.) )