Xiliang Ma Chao surrendered, and Zhangye County was included in Cao Ju's rule, this news undoubtedly increased Cao Ju's dominance in Yongzhou. When Cao Ju had just taken Yongzhou, those opposing voices were getting weaker and weaker now, although it was impossible to disappear immediately, but at least for now, no one dared to jump out and oppose Cao Ju again.

Cao Ju also understands that he is an outsider, and he wants to gain a foothold in Yongzhou, but with strong military strength and strong iron-fisted rule, although he can rule, he cannot win the hearts of the people.

As a result, Cao Ju selected a group of people with excellent reputations to be officials in various parts of Yongzhou, retained some officials who had made great achievements and won the support of the people, and dismissed a number of officials who were corrupt and bent the law and oppressed the people.

In this way, although it offended some local wealthy families, it won the hearts of the people.

However, the current big man, the wealthy occupy too important an important role, although it is not said that the wealthy have the world, but the wealthy occupy a large amount of land and control a large amount of food. Once the war started, the problem of grain and grass was the biggest problem, and the reason why Cao Cao in history was repeatedly short of food was inseparable from his meritocracy, because meritocracy greatly limited the path of wealthy disciples to become officials, but gave the truly talented poor people a chance.

Cao Cao was limited by that era, and he was already very advanced in being able to come up with a meritocracy, but because his thinking was limited by this era, Cao Cao did not carry out in-depth reforms, so he became very passive.

However, Cao Ju is different, whether it is in terms of ideology or in terms of controlling power, it is allowed, because in his acre and three points of land, his words are holy decrees.

After some careful consideration, Cao Ju decided to carry out reforms, which began in Yongzhou and then spread to Liangzhou.

The purpose of Cao Ju's reform was only one, that is, to abolish the power of the wealthy families and let the landlord class enter the political arena in advance.

The intensity of this reform was very great, because at that time, the imperial power was the first ruling class, the wealthy nobles were the second ruling class, and the small landlords and kulaks were only the third ruling class.

The number of wealthy nobles is small, and when they come to rule this society, it will make a large amount of money and land concentrated in the hands of a few people, and once these people have different intentions, they can rely on their own financial resources and fame to gather a strong armed force in a short time, and once they develop and grow, they can compete with the central power, which is very dangerous.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, almost all of those princes were in this situation, with wealthy families and nobles.

Small landlords, on the other hand, are numerous, occupy not a large amount of land, and most of them are not in politics, and even if they do, they cannot enter the higher political power.

In the Han Dynasty, at the beginning, the vassal states were very powerful, and a vassal state had a different heart, and it was almost possible to overthrow the regime at that time and replace the emperor. However, after the Tui En Order, a vassal state was divided into many parts, which made the strength of each vassal state weaker, and it was basically impossible to make trouble again.

After Cao Ju's idea was proposed, the strategists under his command were very surprised, because such a reform idea was simply too advanced.

Although Xi Zhong and others are all amazing talents, it took several days to fully digest the reform plan proposed by Cao Ju.

For a humble background like Xi Zhong, of course, he agreed with both hands to this reform plan, because in this way, many civilians would have the opportunity to step into the official career and have the opportunity to become a small landlord. However, for Yan Zhong and other scholars, there is a lot of resistance in their hearts, because this reform plan will make it impossible for any wealthy families in Yongzhou to occupy a large amount of land, including them.

Cao Ju's reform plan was not only the Sui and Tang dynasty plans when the landlords became the ruling class, including the reform of the six ministries, the imperial examination system, etc., but also referred to some advanced experiences of later civilized societies, that is, the civil service system.

All officials are public servants, and public servants enjoy some privileges, such as tax exemption, priority in children's education, and priority in the employment of children of public servants in the case of the same selection.

The previous kind of filial piety can still be carried out, but it does not mean that you can become an official if you raise filial piety, but just as a bonus item. Moreover, if there is a mistake in the example, the recommender will be implicated, the official will be dismissed, and the person who is not an official will be directly imprisoned, and the person who is promoted cannot be an official for life, and the family property will be inspected by the government every six months.

With the introduction of Cao Ju's reform policy, the whole of Yongzhou was immediately plunged into a political turmoil, with supporters accounting for the majority and opponents having very few voices.

Of course, the opponents are all those local tycoons, although their opposition is small, but their strength is strong, and, with the dissatisfaction with Cao Ju's reform policy, several wealthy families united together and actually rebelled.

Of course, Cao Ju had expected this step a long time ago, and after the policy was just launched, he sent people to keep a close eye on the situation of those wealthy families, and, under the temptation of some interests, he recruited several wealthy families as undercover agents.

There was no army on that side, and Cao Ju's army was already ready, and he directly nippled this riot in the bud. Moreover, for the follow-up disposal of those wealthy families, Cao Ju's wrists were not soft at all, all the men were killed, the women were not in the official mansion, and the beautiful rewards were given to the meritorious soldiers.

This reform was carried out quickly, the rebellion was carried out quickly, and the rebellion was quelled very quickly.

Seeing Cao Ju's speed of quelling the chaos and the follow-up disposal, those wealthy families who were still a little dissatisfied were all afraid, and no one dared to oppose it anymore, and those wealthy families who were plotting to raise troops also dispersed.

As a result, in less than half a year, the entire Yongzhou has completely changed.

When the policy was first implemented, many people were not adaptable, but after half a year, many people found that the new policy was indeed very good, and they slowly adapted to it.

The reform tends to be stable, Yongzhou's strength has increased greatly, and the people's will is fully attached, and the problems of the wealthy have been properly solved.

The first major event is his marriage to Princess Liu Mu of Yongnian, this matter has been delayed for a long time, and now that Cao Ju has finally become a prince as he wishes, this matter naturally cannot be delayed any longer. Moreover, once the big wedding is over, Cao Ju will officially become a concubine, guiding the country, and no one will be able to say anything.